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 " “Up to 10 Ukrainian prisoners are held at each strategic facility in [Chechnya]"? The only exp…
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 " “Up 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.
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 " “Up 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.