Mobilized, Casualties and Moscow
Telegram is a window into Russia. If you will, it’s more like a crack. However, it is more than we had in the Cold War. A few things are happening now that are significant. There are multiple reasons for this.
The first is news of the first dead from cities like Moscow. Until now, the city has mostly avoided this. Why? It’s the center of the empire. So most of the burden is on ethnic minorities and poor regions of Russia.
This is via Bulbe (who was mobilized but somehow remains chatty as ever. Yes, I got theories. They involve bribes.) this is significant for a few reasons. This war casualty worked in the city administration, ergo, middle class. He also had no military training:
Lyosha Martynov. 28 years. Head of department in the Moscow government. Friend and colleague of my close friends.
Mobilized 23 September. In his youth, he served in the Semyonovsky regiment (this is where you need to march). Zero combat experience. Was sent to the front almost a few days later.
He died heroically on October 10. Military leaders, now is not the time to lie. You can’t lie at all, and now it’s a crime. I ask for prayers for the…