Posted on 03/07/2023 12:20:46 PM PST by Red Badger
The demented prison-recruitment scheme top Russian military brass are using to find fresh cannon fodder for the war against Ukraine apparently isn’t going so well: 11 inmates are on the run in Donetsk while their fellow recruits have been tossed into basements for refusing to fight.
That’s according to the independent outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti, which released damning leaked audio on Tuesday that captures the unfolding chaos.
About 70 inmates are being held against their will in a basement in Donetsk after a conflict with their commanders went off the rails, one inmate told the outlet. He said he and 10 others had managed to flee during the mayhem, but now they’re terrified the military will track them down, execute them, and list them as missing so the circumstances of their deaths will be kept under wraps and their families will never receive compensation.
“If you refuse to go fight, people from Wagner will come and we’ll shoot you,” the inmate recalled being told.
Just before the prisoners’ escape, a man identified as a Russian Defense Ministry official was caught on tape trying to convince the group of angry inmates that they better follow orders.
A 10-minute clip shared by Ostorozhno, Novosti was reportedly surreptitiously recorded after the group of inmates recruited for the war effort refused to storm Ukrainian positions in the Donbas, and apparently began to catch wind of the fact that they were simply seen as an easily expendable resource to carry out human-wave style attacks.
“You were given a task yesterday, and you refused,” an unnamed representative of the Defense Ministry says as he scolds them. “I haven’t scared you with anything yet. Why would I need to scare you? I want to ask you, why didn’t you go carry out the task?”
“Those before you went through the exact same thing, there were 75 people–” the official says, before an inmate cuts him off and yells, “Of whom only 11 people remained? I was with them in the hospital!”
The inmates can be heard protesting that the contracts they were initially shown upon recruitment didn’t contain the same terms that they were now being told of.
At that, the military official references Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, and tries to entice the inmates into obeying.
“What is Yevgeny Vikorovich always saying everywhere? The only thing you have to do is once you get to the positions, you kill them. Everything the enemy has, we will allow you to take,” he says. “You can only take the spoils from those you kill.”
He tells them that the only way they can leave the war before their six-month term is up is if they are killed or severely injured.
Commanders “have the right to use weapons to install discipline” in their ranks, or use against inmates if they abandon their positions, he warns, prompting one of the inmates to audibly laugh.
“There’s no need to smile!” the official immediately shoots back.
Calling the inmates volunteers from a “special contingent,” the official can be heard telling them they can’t carry “even one document” with them.
“Just like you I have not a single document with me since the start of the ‘special military operation.’ Not even one document. If something happens to me, well, they’ll identify me with DNA,” he says.
“The situation here is this: the task has been assigned, you need to fulfill it. Trust me,” he says, informing the men that after their refusal to take part in assault teams, they will now be serving in the police force of Russia’s proxy republic in Donetsk “in accordance with orders from the president.”
The inmates, apparently unswayed, ask what happened to their commander, who one of them notes was “taken away somewhere.”
“What is actually happening?” the inmate asks.
After others piped up to argue that with no proper documents, they have no guarantees that the military isn’t simply tricking them, another inmates pleads, “At least give our families some kind of guarantees, even if we’re killed.”
The official appears unswayed, however, telling the men he’s leaving in five minutes and, “After I leave here, that’s it. After that, I will take this as a straight-out refusal, and I will report it as a straight-out refusal [ to follow orders.]”
One of the inmates from the group, who called his enlistment a “monstrous mistake,” told Ostorozhno, Novosti the military had tried to toss the inmates onto the battlefield with next to no training.
After they protested, he said, a military officer candidly told them all, “You’ve been screwed.”
“Killin’ Generals could get to be a habit with me!”
I wonder what the Russian word for ‘fragged’ is?...................
13 months ago I thought the Ruzzians were a lot bet at this war stuff than they have demonstrated in Ukraine.
russia/putin is demonic
they have lost touch with any humanity they may have had
“You can only take the spoils from those you kill.”
Friking Necromongers !!!
“I wonder what the Russian word for ‘fragged’ is?...................”
Pull!
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Prigozhin is moving from recruiting prison inmates to recruiting psych patients, reports the Moscow Times
They might be crazy, but they ain’t stupid!.................
The most amazing thing about this story is how many of the above freepers assume it is true.
ZERO discernment. You guys just open your mouth wide for the propaganda and eagerly shovel it right in without even the slightest questioning or skepticism.
The only source for this article is a telegram channel.
If you go to the original source (I actually did) they do not cite ANY source at all for this claim.
Recruit every woman between the ages of 15 and 50 with severe PMS symptoms. Brandon’s proxy war with Russia would be over in 30 minutes. ;)
“Prigozhin is moving from recruiting prison inmates to recruiting psych patients, reports the Moscow Times”
Keep in mind that in Russia the mental hospitals are typically filled with those who are “crazy” enough to oppose Fearless Leader Comrade Putin.
People think I hate Putin, Russia, and Russians. I don’t.
I think Putin screwed up. I think he was misguided and
still is. I don’t hate the guy, but I can say I don’t like
what he has done one bit.
As for Russia, why would I hate it? I think the Russian
people have been through a lot in the last century plus, so
if anything they have my best wishes. I don’t like the
idea of their sons being sent off to war over no more than
what was truly going on.
The Ukraine was not a threat. Russia had enough problems
of its own to take care of.
Part of Putin’s calculation was that the Ukraine would simply
fold in short order, and he would come off looking like a
great leader.
I still believe he may have had delusions of taking more
nations. Hey, I won’t rule that out after hearing what
some of his generals have popped off about.
Here we are. It’s a mess. It looks no nearer coming to
an end than it did last March.
Ukraine is demonic as well then. We need to stay far away.
The reported strategy of the Russians is that a squad sized group (or smaller) will engage the Ukrainians then draw back having exposed the Ukes. Then the machine guns, mortars and missiles take out the Ukes.
copied:
“...The older Serhiy says that the enemy likes to send a team of three or four expendable foot soldiers to attack and make the Ukrainians expose themselves by shooting at them. At that point, the more elite forces zero in on the defenders’ position.
Once they begin exchanging fire, the Ukrainians are struck with heavier weapons like Russian mortars and rockets from Grad multiple launch rocket systems or BMP infantry fighting vehicles and BTR armored personnel carriers with machine guns....”
Please don’t discourage the mentally challenged. They are to be pitied and not put down. They get very upset when you hurt their feelings by pointing out the obvious.
ZERO discernment.
That's pretty standard for this topic. They believe only what they want to believe.
Providing this is accurate, which it may or may not be, I find it odd the necessity of using prisoners. Russia has 3-1/2 times the population of the Ukraine. Why has Russia not instituted a massive draft of the citizens that are not inmates? Loyal Russians that would fight for their nation. With the advantage of much greater population, Russia could field far more troops than the Ukraine and crush them.
I suspect they fear their loyalty would not include attacking the Ukraine. The life of the average Russian has improved greatly since the disintegration of the old Soviet Union. Life is pretty good compared to the past. Why put this all at risk by going to war with another nation that is not a threat? Loyal men will fight and die for their nation, not so much for a despot.
If Russia itself were under attack, these citizens would be willing participants in defending “Mother Russia.” A massive draft of free citizens might precipitate massive internal dissension if the purpose is war against the Ukraine.
Putin is driven by two things, personal power and returning Russia geographically to the old Soviet Union.
The total ineptness of Biden could have prevented all of this tragedy of death in the Ukraine.
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