Russia is losing more service members than it can recruit, while occupied Crimea is sinking deeper into crisis due to power outages, fuel shortages, and broken logistics. In this episode journalist and blogger Anna Danylchuk analyzes why the Kremlin’s myth of a “Crimean fortress” is beginning to crumble, what is happening to the morale of the Russian army, and why Russian servicemen increasingly choose desertion or prison over the front. We also discuss the failure of contract recruitment, the risk of a new mobilization, Ukraine’s strikes on refineries and military factories, and the economic problems that could become critical for Putin’s system.
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