Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov predicted what awaits Ukraine and the Russian Federation in 2023. He spoke about this in an interview during the United National Telethon.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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ISW: Ammo shortage likely to slow Russian offensives in Bakhmut
ISW: Lack of ammo likely to slow down Russian offensives in Bakhmut and elsewhere. The depletion of the Russian military’s artillery ammunition stocks will likely impact their ability to conduct a high pace of operations, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
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PMCs and prisoners at risk after war
35/ Or they'll find them after the war, I don't know how. They said they were missing. Well, they fucking died. Now the PMCs are fighting with prisoners alone, they're unlikely to have survived. Because the zeks [convicts] break those who refuse.
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Forced to front line: six refused but eventually agreed
26/ They made it clear that either we will go there [to the front line], or nowhere at all, they would kill you and no one would look for you. The war will write off everything, as they say. There were six of us who refused to the last, but in the end everyone agreed.
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Missing officers threatened with death by 57th brigade in Brianka
24/ According to another man who was in Brianka at the same time of the missing officers, those being held there were taken into the forest by commanders of the 57th brigade and threatened with death if they did not return to the front line.
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Army says five men killed in ammunition explosion from Ukrainian shelling
22/ A new story emerged in September: the army now claimed that all five men had likely been killed in an ammunition explosion caused by Ukrainian shelling against Wagner positions.
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Soldiers forced to frontline, officers taken in Kamaz truck
18/ I talked to more than a dozen guys during this time, and they all can't lie. The guys agree to go to the front line because there is no way out. They saw how they [the officers] were taken out of Brianka in a Kamaz truck.
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Allegedly taken for investigation, Wagner recruits never seen again
19/ They said they were allegedly being taken to an investigation. And none of them [those who agreed to return to the front line as part of PMCs – Astra] saw them again, although they were in the Wagner PMC units."
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Private military contractors under 57th Brigade; refuseniks brought to Brianka
16/ "The [private military contractors] work under the auspices of the 57th Brigade. All refuseniks – soldiers who run away from illegal orders – are brought to Brianka.
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Deputy commandant Goryushkin sends recruits to detachments after physical and psychological processing.
17/ There the deputy commandant Goryushkin – after processing them physically and psychologically – sends them to detachments. At that time there were 10 units. They are beaten there, frightened of reprisals.