The russian state is likely effectively banning senior officials from resigning from their jobs while the aggression against Ukraine continues, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The measures presumably extend to at least regional leaders, security officials and members of the Presidential Administration of russia.
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According to UK Defense Intelligence, in private, many officials are highly sceptical about the war, as well as often experiencing work stress within the dysfunctional wartime apparatus. The ban is likely enforced with strong hints that resignees will face trumped-up criminal charges.
As well as being concerned about capability gaps resignees would leave, the authorities are also attempting to prevent any impression of defeatism, and to bolster a sense of collective responsibility for the war.
As Defense Express reported, Escalating Air Battle and Missile Vulnerability: Tensions Rise Along russia-Ukraine Border.
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