SVR and Other Tales
Whenever you read anything from SVR, it's important to use reasonable amounts of salt. However, this morning has a juicy tidbit that might be more accurate. It has to do with two issues: Using prisoners at the front lines and internal polling. That Vladimir Putin sees using prisoners as a way to cleanse the country from criminal elements is quite likely.
So here you are:
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Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with representatives of the leadership of the military bloc. The main topic of the meeting was the state of affairs at the front. The military leadership, with a certain degree of optimism, reported to the president on insignificant advances in two directions, but Putin stopped the speaker and succumbed to harsh criticism of the “ant achievements” of the Russian army. According to the president, he was repeatedly given promises, indicated specific deadlines for achieving the tasks set, and, almost never, the promises were fulfilled. The next speaker reported on impressive losses among former prisoners, and now PMC fighters. Less than one percent of people from this category remain alive, without significant injuries, after six months of fighting as part of PMCs. Another fourteen percent of the fighters drop out after severe injuries, most of them remain disabled. The remaining eighty-five percent of former…