Assuming that the dead POWs part of the story isn't bullshit, I dread to think why prisoners are being held in the attic of Ramzan Kadyrov's special forces training facility.
Can anyone come up with a reasonable explanation that isn't also God-awful?
Assuming that the dead POWs part of the story isn't bullshit, I dread to think why prisoners are being held in the attic of Ramzan Kadyrov's special forces training facility.
Can anyone come up with a reasonable explanation that isn't also God-awful?
Can't you "come up with a reasonable explanation that isn't also God-awful?" Perhaps you, Jack, have the smarts and creativity of a Gitmo guard/pretend warrior.
I really don't know what that means, except that it's phrased as some sort of sarcastic back-hand.
But I will try to explain my point more clearly.
What possible reason is there to hold prisoners in a special forces training facility? Let alone " тАЬUp to 10 Ukrainian prisoners are held at each strategic facility in [Chechnya]"? The only explanations I can come up with are either human shield hostages against airstrikes or experimental subjects for weapons and interrogation techniques, both of which are God-awful.
However I am tending toward the explanation that the whole POW part of the story is bullshit. Why would you make accurate information about the losses you suffered in an attack public knowledge? That just gives useful information to the enemy.
I apologize. An explanation could be that these particular POWs are simply deemed high value to be isolated and/or protected and/or "softly" interrogated over an extended time - but why inform, unless you want your favourable public to know, for whatever reason, and don't care if your adversary knows or figure they know/surmise already. I agree that it has a decent probability of being BS. It does appear to be the human-shield angle, but that is useless and a tactic of weakness.
Akhmat special forces were the first of the regular army units to be redeployed to the Kursk region when Ukraine began its incursion. And at first they formed the basis of the defense in this area. Accordingly, they managed to capture a certain number of POWs. Just as the AFU managed to capture a certain number of Akhmat fighters. Most likely, these prisoners were sent to Chechnya in order to later try to exchange them for Akhmat fighters. It is unlikely that these prisoners are being held at the Special Forces Academy; this part of the story is most likely a fake. It seems to me that Kadyrov simply ordered the killing of several prisoners in response to the attack on the special forces academy.
Assuming that the dead POWs part of the story isn't bullshit, I dread to think why prisoners are being held in the attic of Ramzan Kadyrov's special forces training facility.
Can anyone come up with a reasonable explanation that isn't also God-awful?
Can't you "come up with a reasonable explanation that isn't also God-awful?" Perhaps you, Jack, have the smarts and creativity of a Gitmo guard/pretend warrior.
I really don't know what that means, except that it's phrased as some sort of sarcastic back-hand.
But I will try to explain my point more clearly.
What possible reason is there to hold prisoners in a special forces training facility? Let alone " тАЬUp to 10 Ukrainian prisoners are held at each strategic facility in [Chechnya]"? The only explanations I can come up with are either human shield hostages against airstrikes or experimental subjects for weapons and interrogation techniques, both of which are God-awful.
However I am tending toward the explanation that the whole POW part of the story is bullshit. Why would you make accurate information about the losses you suffered in an attack public knowledge? That just gives useful information to the enemy.
I apologize. An explanation could be that these particular POWs are simply deemed high value to be isolated and/or protected and/or "softly" interrogated over an extended time - but why inform, unless you want your favourable public to know, for whatever reason, and don't care if your adversary knows or figure they know/surmise already. I agree that it has a decent probability of being BS. It does appear to be the human-shield angle, but that is useless and a tactic of weakness.
Akhmat special forces were the first of the regular army units to be redeployed to the Kursk region when Ukraine began its incursion. And at first they formed the basis of the defense in this area. Accordingly, they managed to capture a certain number of POWs. Just as the AFU managed to capture a certain number of Akhmat fighters. Most likely, these prisoners were sent to Chechnya in order to later try to exchange them for Akhmat fighters. It is unlikely that these prisoners are being held at the Special Forces Academy; this part of the story is most likely a fake. It seems to me that Kadyrov simply ordered the killing of several prisoners in response to the attack on the special forces academy.