13/ However, according to http://
Gulagu.net, even on a more limited mobilisation schedule, more than a thousand convicts are being sent to the front daily. It notes that prison bosses appear to be reducing food procurement in anticipation of more convicts being sent.
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Convicts sent to front daily, prison food procurement reduced
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Federal Penitentiary Service Instructed to Force Convicts to Front Lines
10/ It reports that "the Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service was instructed to intensify operational work to force convicts to write handwritten statements about their alleged desire to go to the front." In practice, this seems to have meant using torture and beatings.
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Prison Service fears riots and loss of control amid large-scale mobilization
8/ A mobilisation on this scale is likely to raise some serious issues, however. Gulagu reports that the Federal Penitentiary Service's leadership is concerned about "wide publicity, possible riots and loss of control over the situation in the colonies …
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Forcible Convict Mobilization in Russia Reported by Gulagu.net
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Forced recruitment in Russian prisons, convicts seek to evade draft
1/ Widespread reports are emerging of a programme of forced military recruitment in Russian penal colonies, with prisoners being evaluated for their fitness to be drafted into 'Storm Z' assault units. Desperate convicts are said to be trying to contract HIV to avoid the draft.
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ISW: Moscow officials may silence bloggers on Crimea attacks
According to the ISW, top Moscow officials may be directing bloggers and other outlets to stay silent over Russian military problems. The relative silence over the attacks in Crimea suggests that the Kremlin may be pressuring sites not to discuss them.
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Cherkasy advises Hasidic Jews against Uman pilgrimage for Rosh Hashanah
Cherkasy Regional Military Administration advises Hasidic Jews against traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah due to security concerns, but assures heightened security measures. https://
euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/08/ukr
aine-urges-hasidic-jews-to-skip-uman-visit-for-rosh-hashanah/?swcfpc=1
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Fedir Shandor to become Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary
Fedir Shandor, a professor at Uzhhorod National University and a soldier in the Armed Forces of Ukraine who gave lectures to students from the trenches between battles, will become Ukraine's ambassador to Hungary, as approved by Hungarian President Katalin Novák.
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U.S. cluster munitions hit Russian positions
U.S.-supplied cluster munitions are destroying Russian positions in areas where Ukrainian troops had struggled to advance, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 8.
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Ukraine tests new SpyGun reconnaissance drone
Ukraine's intelligence services are testing a new Ukrainian drone, SpyGun, designed for deep reconnaissance, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. The equipment has already undergone rear tests and is currently being tested in combat zones.