Oleg Tsokov, Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was killed as a result of an APU strike near Berdyansk
This was told by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko. “It is reported that today in the Berdyansk region, the Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov was liquidated. In September 2022, he was already three hundred, but he survived. Now they say that the grave has been finally completed,” he wrote.
At the end of September 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Tsokov was wounded in the Svatovo region of the Lugansk region as a result of a fire attack.
Oleg Tsokov since August 2022 was the commander of the 144th motorized rifle division of the 20th combined arms army of the Russian Federation. He received the rank of lieutenant general in 2023. In addition to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he took part in two Chechen wars and the war in Syria.
Definitions of “cargo 200” and “cargo 300” The names originated from the Afghan war - when the Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan and wounded and killed appeared, the names “cargo 200” and “cargo 300” appeared. They are also called “two hundred” and “three hundred”. The “two hundred” are the killed. The “three hundred” are the wounded.
"The bodies of the soldiers were sealed in zinc coffins. A standard wooden coffin with a body is sealed with zinc sheets and placed in a wooden box, which has standard dimensions for loading onto a vehicle. This entire structure (wooden box, zinc coffin, and coffin with the body) typically weighs about 200 kg. This, according to one version, is where the name “cargo 200” comes from.
This was probably due to the need to load it on the plane when the soldiers were being delivered from Afghanistan. The pilots always checked the weight of the cargo. They weighed it and understood that this structure weighed about 200 kg. This name “cargo 200” was passed on from the pilots to the military and became a permanent fixture in the military lexicon. For example, the question “Are there two hundreds?” means “Are there any killed?”
When a soldier is wounded, the unit commander fills out form number 300. Thus, this numbering became slang according to one version."
Translated from source:
Oleg Tsokov, Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was killed as a result of an APU strike near Berdyansk
This was told by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko. “It is reported that today in the Berdyansk region, the Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov was liquidated. In September 2022, he was already three hundred, but he survived. Now they say that the grave has been finally completed,” he wrote.
At the end of September 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Tsokov was wounded in the Svatovo region of the Lugansk region as a result of a fire attack.
Oleg Tsokov since August 2022 was the commander of the 144th motorized rifle division of the 20th combined arms army of the Russian Federation. He received the rank of lieutenant general in 2023. In addition to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he took part in two Chechen wars and the war in Syria.
Damn Russia ran out of humans so they got vampires? /s
That is war slang in post soviet country’s: 300 means wounded, 200 - dead
Interesting, never heard that, got a tip where I can read more about that?
Definitions of “cargo 200” and “cargo 300” The names originated from the Afghan war - when the Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan and wounded and killed appeared, the names “cargo 200” and “cargo 300” appeared. They are also called “two hundred” and “three hundred”. The “two hundred” are the killed. The “three hundred” are the wounded.
"The bodies of the soldiers were sealed in zinc coffins. A standard wooden coffin with a body is sealed with zinc sheets and placed in a wooden box, which has standard dimensions for loading onto a vehicle. This entire structure (wooden box, zinc coffin, and coffin with the body) typically weighs about 200 kg. This, according to one version, is where the name “cargo 200” comes from.
This was probably due to the need to load it on the plane when the soldiers were being delivered from Afghanistan. The pilots always checked the weight of the cargo. They weighed it and understood that this structure weighed about 200 kg. This name “cargo 200” was passed on from the pilots to the military and became a permanent fixture in the military lexicon. For example, the question “Are there two hundreds?” means “Are there any killed?”
When a soldier is wounded, the unit commander fills out form number 300. Thus, this numbering became slang according to one version."
300 is a military term referring to wounded in action. So he was wounded first, then killed in action.