A serviceman’s mother is asking that those responsible for her son’s death be identified. After her son signed a contract, he believed a promise that if he handed over his bank card and shared money with an instructor, he would be sent somewhere other than the most intense combat area. In the end, he was assigned to the most difficult direction. In response, his mother received only a block from people like these “patrontashes” and threats, and from all legal institutions — such as the FSB investigative unit, the prosecutor’s office, the Presidential Administration, the military prosecutor’s office, and the Investigative Committee — she received nothing but standard form replies. As a result, the woman faced total deception, including regarding the fate of her son’s body: she still cannot obtain his body, although at first her concern was about the money. We therefore try to answer her question: who is to blame — the command and Russia’s law-enforcement bodies? Those who started this war, or those who, without understanding why they were going to kill neighbors across the border, signed a contract? In our view, all sides are responsible, including those who blindly put their signature on a contract that, in essence, became an “order to kill.” Details in this report:

“Since May you have been announcing everywhere that Kondrashovka has been liberated. Is there no evacuation there, or what? Or did you destroy my son’s body? Where is my child? I am addressing you again. Return my son’s body.”

Natalya, the mother of serviceman Vadim Sergeyevich Podkholzin, who is missing, is asking for her son’s body to be returned and for an internal check to be carried out in the unit. He served in the 121st Motor Rifle Regiment (military unit 29760 (https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4615)) of the 68th Motor Rifle Division, 6th Combined Arms Army. In June 2025, she had already recorded a video appeal (https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/2795?single) and is now again asking attention to the situation — she says the unit is lawless.

According to his mother, on 17 January 2025 her son signed a contract in Voronezh and was sent to a training ground. There, Natalya claims, his bank card was taken by Yevgeny Nikolayevich Yakovlev (allegedly a shooting instructor), who promised to “place him in a safe position.” She also said that the unit’s personnel had their phones confiscated at the training ground.

She reported that on 5 February 2025 the serviceman was sent on an assault to the area of Kondrashovka. After that, an unknown man called her and demanded that she stop asking questions about money. She says she was able to stay in contact with her son for some time afterwards.

After a while, Vadim stopped getting in touch. She says she later received contradictory versions of what happened, including that he supposedly made it to evacuation on his own despite having leg injuries. She says she cannot understand how someone with such injuries could have moved independently.

Later, Natalya reviewed a company commander’s report. She says it stated that a UAV drop struck her son, after which communication and visual contact were lost. She tried to learn the circumstances and her son’s whereabouts from the command, but they refused to communicate and placed her on a blacklist.

She says the body has still not been found or handed over. From unofficial sources she was told her son remains in a shell crater. She was also told that the body was allegedly evacuated, but not delivered and was presumably lost during transportation. She said she went to the morgue in Rostov-on-Don, but her son was not there.

“They transported him and transported him, and never delivered him anywhere. Somewhere along the road, it just got lost.”

Natalya says she filed appeals to multiple authorities without results. She says she received replies from the military prosecutor’s office and from the Investigative Committee in Starobilsk stating her claims “were not confirmed” and that “no elements of a crime” were found. She says, however, that no one interviewed her or requested materials from her, even though she has evidence of violations in the unit.

“No elements of a crime. Of course. You cover for each other there. Who is protecting you? We know about that.”

She also says she has evidence, including a bank statement showing withdrawals from her son’s card by unknown persons, and information that the card was handed over to third parties. She stressed that she considers herself a direct witness, yet her testimony has never been taken.

She sharply criticized the actions of agencies and command, claiming officials “cover for each other,” and demanded that those responsible for her son’s death be identified.

“Who is responsible for my son’s death? Finally start an investigation. And I am asking you to help evacuate my son.”

Source: Telegram channel “DON’T EXPECT Good News” — https://t.me/ne_zhdi_novosti/4858