Refusals, reports, concealment and self-mutilation
A unit of Russian special forces with experience in hostilities in Syria, in full, refused to participate in further attempts to storm Mariupol. In the battles against the Armed Forces from April 2 to 4, this unit lost about 30 service members. Therefore, special forces decided not to try their luck in the future.
Recent data on the selection for military service in Russia indicate Russians' low level of interest in contract service. According to a report on the recruitment results in the city of Ekaterinburg, even less than 1% of citizens in reserve agreed to talk about the possibility of signing a contract.
Of the 397 candidates, only 2 agreed to the interview. Refused - 52, did not get in touch - 203, work on 140 candidates is underway.
There is also extremely low morale among those already mobilized. In particular, on March 7, two PAZ buses with wounded Russian service members were sent from the Novoaidar Polyclinic in the direction of Luhansk. It is noted that the vast majority of them have leg injuries. According to doctors, the most probable cause of these injuries is self-mutilation to avoid returning to the combat zone.
