Elimination of Torturers: 4 Elite Units Down in a Month

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Some events lose their edge through sheer repetition — others reward a closer look. Destroying yet another Russian air defense system or hitting another piece of Russian military infrastructure deep inside the Rabid Federation has become routine. As of today, there is not a single oil refinery in the European part of the Rotten Federation that Ukraine’s Good Birds¹ haven’t visited at least three times. Good news travels in threes lately — and the elimination of torturers is the kind of news worth reading slowly.

From temporarily occupied Crimea and the Ryazan region, reports are coming in of fuel shortages at gas stations. Some Orcs² suggest that in a few weeks this may become a nationwide problem — and Russian extraction companies have already begun mothballing wells, since neither processing nor exporting oil is becoming feasible anymore.

A New Routine Is Taking Shape

But carefully — very carefully — we allow ourselves to hope that something else is becoming routine: the elimination of torturers. Last night, the Security Service of Ukraine released footage of an operation it carried out on May 17 on the Arabat Spit. The strike turned an FSB counterintelligence center into rubble with drones carrying reinforced warheads. Based on the footage, this was something new — the drones erased everything, including the buildings and everyone inside them. Since up to ten powerful drones struck seconds apart in a coordinated attack, nobody there had any chance of survival. Early reports indicate the operation eliminated around one hundred FSB counterintelligence officers.

A reminder: exactly one month ago, a building in central Donetsk was leveled — home to the command post of the FSB Mobile Operations Directorate. That was an operational FSB special unit operating within the Counterintelligence Service, functioning as special forces conducting the dirty work of the war on occupied territory and inside Ukraine. So within a single month, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated two nests of vultures. Some commentators report that these were sites where terrorist acts and sabotage operations were being planned.

Counterintelligence exists for one purpose: identifying and neutralizing enemy networks. This specific unit was responsible for terror on occupied territories — using terrorist methods to expose partisan fighters and intelligence assets. On top of that, nearly all Ukrainian prisoners of war pass through Russian military counterintelligence, and the FSB’s torture squads — staffed with experienced practitioners — operate within that same structure.

TikTokers of Ramzan Kadyrov Getting Their Turn

It appears that, in parallel, the elimination of Ramzan Kadyrov’s TikTokers — better known as “Akhmat” — is also underway. This unit built its reputation not on combat, but on unlawful acts against civilians in occupied territories: from looting to rape. Like the FSB counterintelligence units, the Akhmat fighters are also well-known for their torture operations.

A few days ago, opposition Chechen channel NIYSO released footage showing dozens of dead Akhmat fighters. This was the result of an HUR³ operation conducted on April 29 in the Sumy direction — at the time, enemy losses were estimated at 40 TikTokers killed and nearly 90 wounded. Then, the day before yesterday, Operation Snow of Akhmat delivered results: at least 65 more Akhmat fighters eliminated.

Four Units in One Month

In other words, Ukrainian forces destroyed four serious units within a single month. Each operation required careful planning, deep intelligence work, and purpose-modified drones carrying 100 kg warheads — none of it cheap.

These were not the cannon fodder the Orcs send to storm tree lines near Pokrovsk or Kupyansk. Ukraine targeted well-equipped and well-trained enemies. Yet right now we are watching the systematic destruction of exactly these kinds of units — at industrial scale. So let’s hope that the elimination of torturers from the FSB and Akhmat becomes as routine for Ukraine’s Armed Forces as strikes on enemy refineries.

¹Good Birds – slang for strike drones. Why “good”? Because they bring “warmth and light” to enemy military factories, ammunition depots, and oil refineries. Sarcastic? Of course. Effective? Even more so.

²Orcs – a common term for Russians who support or participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine. Dehumanizing? Yes. Accurate? Also yes.

³HUR (Ukrainian: ГУР, Головне Управління Розвідки, Holovne Upravlinnya Rozvidky) – the military intelligence agency of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.