it is adding to this kind of concept of this buildup, if you will, where do you think this is happe ha headed next? we ve seen some success of the wagner group sending wave after wave of troops and getting a small portion of the donbas reclaimed. there is a debate on how much he s gained. but they re not going to hold on to territory. part of that is a deflexion that russia has had a terrible time in mobilizing their forces. they have had a 200,000 call up while doing that they were snatching people off the street, and not training them well. and at saime time having a brai drain of people leaving country that didn t want to be snatch up and serve. and when putin said i m going to mobilize another 300,000 or 400,000, from the stand point of a commander, he can t train that many in a short period of time. he s not shown the capability of equip or man that force either
been accused of war crimes. to leave the fight in the east, he needed more men. he found them among russia s most desperate. recruiting convicts direct from prisons with promises of pardons. no one goes back. no one backs down. no one surrenders. ukrainians call his style of fighting meat waves. sending wave after wave of poorly trained convict straight into ukrainian defenses. he showcases every stage of his human meat grinder. addressing his mercenaries on the front lines. demanding even his amputee troops return to the front. if another mine explodes, then the iron leg will be torn off and a new one will be welded. to finally sending them home in body bags. the contract is over. they re going home. but ukrainian american officials say these battles have little strategic value. the victory is him.