Quotes
There is a distinction in the public consciousness — conscripts are forcibly drafted to defend the homeland, while contract soldiers enlist voluntarily,
The disorganized nature of regular Russian battalions…as well as the integration of conscripts, FSB personnel, and Rosgvardia elements in combat, will hinder the Russian effort to establish effective command and control,
There are still plenty of risks for conscripts and [the situation in Kursk] is unlikely to lead to any significant changes [regarding their service],
My son called [me] and said they were told, ‘You would [have to] go anyway, but we will give you combat pay. We’ll train you a bit and send you with the assault troops. And if you don’t agree, you’ll be court-martialled and sent [to fight] anyway, you can’t escape’. So, they are planning to send them there anyway. They are trying to pressure them psychologically, manipulate them and send our children into this hell,
Verstka quotes one of the mothers Our president said that conscripts should not be involved in the special military operation. He was not supposed to participate in combat. Why has this happened? He has seen things he should not have seen. If you wanted them to defend the borders, why did you not prepare them
It's creating a real dilemma for Putin, and we've been in direct contact, constant contact, with the Ukrainians. That's all I'm going to say about it while it's active."
We must still understand whether it is a smokescreen activity,
the publication quotes Lykhovii The Zaporizhzhia region is one living under martial law, fighting Ukrainian Nazism every day, and has extensive experience in both military operations and volunteer work, which can be of great assistance to us
Today, ... we are gathering information about people who need to be evacuated."
As of now about 1,000 sq km of Russian territory is under our control… The situation is under our control,
You can tell us about the socio-economic situation and about helping people".
If we had simply sent our troops to where heavy battles were taking place, they would have been engaged in symmetric actions. Instead, we have captured 350 square kilometres of territory in just one day,
It appears that yet again, in the past few days, the Ukrainians have surprised Russia, and observers in the West, with their latest operation,
Mick Ryan, a war analyst and retired Australian major general, wrote in a recent analysis They were mainly kids doing their mandatory service,
said the unnamed commander, who goes by the call sign Pokemon Everybody is more or less happy with how it's going,
This is a failure of the entire system of intelligence, and since Putin is responsible for this, then it's clear this is a blow to Putin,