Execution, murder, “resetting”. Derived from the noun ноль (zero) with the prefix об- (meaning to bring to a certain state) and the suffix -ение (forming an abstract noun of action). Used for the informal capital punishment of Russian soldiers by their own officers in the course of the war against Ukraine.
На фронте обнулили в мясном штурме российского разработчика тяжелого дрона «Кукушка».
At the front, the Russian developer of the heavy drone “Kukushka” was killed during a so-called “meat-wave assault.”
(Майкл Наки @ t.me, 04/2026)
