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ATESH: Drunk Command Costs Russian “Alco-Battalion” Up to 100 Soldiers Monthly
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Russian officers are giving orders while severely intoxicated and without an understanding of the battlefield situation, a practice that has led to the worst losses the unit has suffered since fighting began, according to the ATESH partisan movement on December 23.
According to an ATESH agent embedded with the 4th Battalion of Russia’s 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade, platoon and company commanders routinely consume alcohol at forward platoon and company positions near the front line.
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The agent said rank-and-file soldiers confirm that commands are issued while officers are heavily drunk and detached from the realities on the ground. As a result, the unit has sustained unprecedented casualties over the course of the war.
“Casualties in the 'alco-battalion' amount to up to 100 killed and wounded per month—significantly more than in other units,” the agent reported, according to ATESH.
The movement notes that troops are ordered into assaults using incorrect coordinates, without fire correction or intelligence support.
Casualties continue to mount, morale has collapsed, and soldiers increasingly say the battalion’s survival depends not on tactics or the enemy, but on how much the commanders have been drinking.
Earlier, Russian commanders ordered assault units to advance on positions already held by their own troops on the Zaporizhzhia front.
According to ATESH agents operating within Russia’s 1441st Motorized Rifle Brigade, the incidents stem from serious command failures, including poor coordination and a lack of understanding of the situation on the ground. As a result, assault groups were repeatedly directed toward areas already under Russian control.
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