In October, Russian forces began to besiege Avdijivka, after a protracted battle they took control of the city over the weekend. However, Murz dared to write, at what price – he mentioned 16 thousand irretrievably lost soldiers and 300 decommissioned armored vehicles.
“And the enemy who waged a defensive fight and suffered, at best for us, irreversible losses of 5-7 thousand in the same time (this is my rough estimate, not any known data), he says ‘dasvidañja’ and rolls away. To new, pre-prepared positions,” he added on February 18.
The post has since disappeared, but it has been replaced by another one – which appears to be a farewell letter. It mentions the samurai code of honor bushido, including the ritual suicide of seppuku, but also the legendary science fiction Terminator. And other Russian military bloggers report that he actually took his own life.
It is said that he was forced to delete the post on the telegram on the orders of his commander, whom he addresses in the post as ‘comrade colonel’. “And you were forced to issue this order by your command, relying on good old army collective responsibility. If you don’t, they won’t send the supplies. Magazine. Drones. New tanks and BMP. And your command was forced to do this by political prostitutes led by Vladimir Solovyov, who are damned to come and pull the trigger themselves.” concludes the post – and apparently his entire channel and life – blogger Murz. “Then I’ll do it myself. I will shoot myself if no one dares to take on this petty task. And they’ll give you tanks and drones.”
Moroz was known on the Internet around 2005; In 2008, he was the first Russian blogger to be convicted of spreading extremist views online, writes Radio Svoboda. He then received three years in prison for illegal possession of a weapon. In May 2014, he joined the armed separatists in Donbass. He repeatedly complained about the incompetence of the Russian command for the current full invasion.
