by Simplicus at Simplicus the Thinker
On the heels of Zelensky’s recent tone-switch we have some interesting new information floating up about the situation behind the scenes which may have called for the shift.
The biggest was a new Die Welt piece yesterday which broke down some numbers. I use the more easily translatable Tass headline which covered the story:
The Die Welt piece starts off calling the Ukrainian lack of troops an ‘existential’ crisis, and that they’ve been opening up prisons relentlessly now to staunch the losses:
The lack of soldiers for the Ukraine existential. During the mobilization of the demand, recruited the army now in prisons. The prisoners used for a specific purpose. Many are wondering what the freedom is worth it.
But the key revelation is this—mind the slightly wonky auto-translation:…
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