Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

I can't verify this from elsewhere -- all reports cite the same source here, Unit Observer -- but if this is true it means Russian troop levels must be catastrophically low.

ussia is sending to the frontline personnel who oversee its nuclear arsenal to carry out assaults in which many troops have gone missing, it has been reported.

Open-source intelligence X account Unit Observer said that the troops from the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) were used as assault infantry in the Toretsk direction of Ukraine's Donetsk region in an operation not publicly discussed.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nuclear-...lt-2044153

Trained nuclear personnel, or guards with knowledge of those operational routines, are the last people you want up on the front, not only because that impairs your nuclear warfighting capability, but just as importantly, they risk capture and interrogation by the Ukrainians.