Stanisław Żaryn told the state PAP news agency that concerns are rising despite the Kremlin’s efforts to silence dissenting voices.
“The fate of the Russian soldiers who are being sent to the war against Ukraine is increasingly discussed publicly in Russia. Questions are being asked about people being sent to death,” the official stressed.
He added that despite severe censorship, “public awareness of the Kremlin’s operations against an independent state will be growing in Russia.”
Żaryn noted that the Committee of the Mothers of Russia’s Soldiers has warned conscripts that commanders may use deceit to get them to commit to going to Ukraine, which is against Russian law.
The official added that Russian lawmaker Ludmila Narusova has asked in parliament why the Kremlin was sending conscripts to Ukraine.
Moreover, Russians are increasingly asking local authorities what happens to the troops being sent to fight in Ukraine, Żaryn said.
‘A criminal mission and death’
“More and more families of the soldiers fallen in Ukraine are realising that Russia is sending troops on a criminal mission and to death,” the Polish security official emphasised.
Wednesday is day fourteen of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.
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Source: PAP