Originally Posted by
ORAC
The Russian Telegram channel 'Cheka-OGPU' has posted a detailed account of the recruitment by the Wagner Group of 200 prisoners from the Rostov region and their subsequent massacre by the Ukrainians in their first combat engagement. Translation follows: ⬇️…….
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...524975104.html
….."Exactly a month ago, 200 people of special prisoners were taken out of the colony in the Rostov region, asking for pardons and for sending to the Special Military Operation zone. The already ex-prisoners took a familiar route: they received equipment and went to a training camp. A squad of the "most hardy" was assembled from the masses and the group was sent off to carry out the mission.
In the end, the baptism of fire ended in the death of 28 men, while the two survivors were taken to hospital. The squad leader was hit in the head by shrapnel and miraculously survived. Almost as soon as he regained consciousness, representatives of the PMC told him to get better and prepare for a "second round."
Of those convicts who initially expressed a desire, but stayed in the colony as "reservists", almost all intend to refuse to go to the war zone.…
I am having great difficulty in understanding what tactical or strategic purpose sending cannon fodder to die serves. What is the purpose of killing your own citizens like this? This can only, finally, stir up opposition to the war.