Depressed over it, before walking out without shaking hands. the attache wrote in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings with russian officials are typically scripted, but the two attaches said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the readout by the officials concludes, at the very least, it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to frontline troops. the readout describes only the impressions of the u.s. officials and does not definitively explain ilyin s behavior. such readouts are typically too sensitive to be made public. readouts of this type are important because they give us an insight, a potential insight into what the russians are really thinking. but it also shows that there is some kind of a morale problem within the russian hierarchy,
Contained a quote, revealing moment from russian major gen general. a general with extensive experience dealing with americans. as the meeting ended, it said an atache on the u.s. side asked about his family roots in ukraine. according to the readout, the u.s. said the general s stoic demeanor suddenly became flushed and agitated. he replied he was born in ukraine and went to school in donetsk and then said, according to the readout, the situation in ukraine is tragic and i am very depressed over it, before walking out without shaking hands. a fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings with russian officials are typically scripted, but the two said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the readout by the officials
From the perspective of those two attache s in the meeting. he wrote in the read out the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine, that s his sense about ukraine in answering that, they said they had never, quote, witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the read out from the officials concludes at the very least moral problems among russian forces are not limited to front line troops. we ve been talking about moral on the ground in ukraine amongst russian troops and from this meeting we gather those problems go all the way up, even though used to dealing with americans, perhaps a slip, a crack showing morale problems throughout the russian military. that was illuminating, thank
The fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings with russian officials are typically scripted, but the two attaches said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the readout by the officials concludes, at the very least, it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to frontline troops. the readout describes only the impressions of the u.s. officials and does not definitively explain ilyin s behavior. such readouts are typically too sensitive to be made public. readouts of this type are important because they give us an insight, a potential insight into what the russians are really thinking. but it also shows that there is some kind of a morale problem within the russian hierarchy, and it extends possibly all the way up to the top. reporter: the russian ministry of defense did not
Said an attache on the russian side casually asked about his family. and the stoic demeanor suddenly became flushed and agitated. he replied he was born in ukraine and went to school in donetsk. and then said, according to the readout, the situation in ukraine is tragic. and i am very depressed over it. before walking out, without shaking hands. the attache wrote in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings of russian officials are typically scripted, but the two attaches say they have never witnessed such an outburst by an official at a meeting. the readout concludes at the very least, it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to the