Anne ApplebaumOct 3, 2023
Stalin had punishment battalions. Putin has Storm-Z https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/theyre-just-meat-russia-deploys-punishment-battalions-echo-stalin-2023-10-03/
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin

By Polina Nikolskaya and Maria Tsvetkova

Reuters
Show threadJon Mather
@anneapplebaum I think , interestingly, Putin's father was in a punishment battalion.
Oct 4, 2023 at 9:23amWeb