1/ Russian soldiers who use their own or donated vehicles on the front lines now face being executed along with their commanders, according to Russian milbloggers, in a sharp escalation of the Russian army's counter-productive campaign against personally owned vehicles.
2/ Huge losses of military vehicles have left Russian logistics at the front line – and even battlefield transportation – reliant on civilian vehicles. However, the Russian army has been cracking down on their use, despite the harm to its own logistics.
8/ "All our supplies and work of assault groups are connected with humanitarian transport, 'loaves' [Bukhankas], motorcycles, quads.I hope that the officials above the district officers will see and understand that all this must be fixed!"
9/ According to the "On the move" channel, 70-80% of Russian frontline vehicles are privately owned. The author writes:
10/ "Let's start with the simplest example in the form of a unit in which I am currently located and perform tasks: absolutely all the vehicles in our glorious company are personal, which we took at our own expense and in some cases thanks to sponsorship,…
11/ …literally collecting from around the world. Of course, the transport is also refueled and repaired at our own expense, we do not have any compensation for expenses or anything else (and who will give it?).
12/ "The above-mentioned transport travels both in the rear and in the line of contact, accordingly, it also has to organize the delivery of fighters to the front and the removal of fighters from the front. In the rear zone, we also go for equipment, fuel, food, etc."