Kremlin realizes that attack on Soledar was very costly - US State Department
13.01.23
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“Obviously, the Russian multi-month campaign has led to extraordinary, huge losses of personnel.” Thousands of unprepared and poorly-equipped Russian conscripts were killed,” the State Department representative said in a comment on the situation on the front in Ukraine.
The situation around Soledar continues to be difficult, but the Kremlin has already realized that the attack on this Ukrainian city cost them very much.
Deputy Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State Vedant Patel said this at a press briefing in Washington.
“It’s clear that Russia’s months-long campaign has resulted in extraordinary, enormous casualties. Thousands of untrained and poorly equipped Russian conscripts have been killed,” the State Department spokesman said in a commentary on the situation at the front in Ukraine.
Patel stressed that this offensive cost the Russians a lot: “The Kremlin itself has admitted that its decision to attack Soledar came at a high price.”
PMC “Wagner” recruits women prisoners for war, they are already being sent to the front, - human rights activists
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13.01.23
https://censor.net/ua/news/3393219/pvk_vagner_verbuye_na_viyinu_uvyaznenyh_jinok_yih_uje_vidpravlyayut_na_front_pravozahysnyky
Olga Romanova, a journalist and head of the Rus sitting Foundation, expressed the opinion that Wagner PMC has started recruiting female prisoners in Russian prisons.
As the Censor informs.No, this became known from the LRT website.
Olga Romanova states that PMC Wagner has started recruiting female prisoners in Russian prisons:
“According to our data, women are already being sent to the front, the first batch was taken from the Krasnodar Territory at the end of December, but we do not yet know anything about their future fate,” she said.
In particular, she also added that their organization “Rus sitting” began to receive letters from women asking for assistance in sending them to war since the beginning of the war.
In addition, she also added that after the New Year, recruitment of prisoners to the Wagner PMC began in Chechen prisons, although previously mercenaries were not noticed in this region, in addition, there are many political prisoners in prisons in Chechnya.
“Chechnya is such an extraterritorial entity that no one knows what is happening there,” the journalist stressed. “I don’t think that politicians will be taken to war, because first of all, Kadyrov’s opponents are sitting in dungeons.”
Romanova notes that Chechnya was the last subject of the Russian Federation where there was no recruitment of mercenaries, and there was no mobilization.
“The fact that recruiters were allowed to enter Chechen prisons is a matter of personal agreement - Prigozhin and Kadyrov. Prigozhin contributes to the liberation of Chechen authorities, and, of course, Kadyrov will supply PMC Wagner with people, “said the head of the Rus sitting Foundation.