A relative of Russian President Vladimir Putin by chance revealed a confidential determine that offers a attainable official perception into the extent of Russia’s conflict useless in Ukraine.
Video revealed by the unbiased Astra Telegram channel on Tuesday confirmed Anna Tsivilyova, the reported daughter of Putin’s cousin and a deputy defence minister, saying that the federal government had obtained tens of 1000’s of appeals from kin associated to the monitoring and identification of lacking troopers via DNA samples.
“The Ministry of Internal Affairs takes [DNA] completely freed from cost at their very own expense, and enters into its database all of the kin who’ve utilized to us. I’ve already stated 48,000,” Tsivilyova stated at a gathering with lawmakers within the video.
Moments later, defence committee chief Andrei Kartapolov requested her to not disclose this quantity.
“Anna Yevgenyevna [Tsivilyova] has talked about figures right here, together with lacking individuals. I earnestly ask you to not use these figures anyplace. This is such delicate, closed info. And once we draw up the ultimate paperwork, we should always not embody these figures anyplace,” he stated.
Tsivilyova responded: “I didn’t point out the numbers of the lacking, however of the appeals to us [by relatives].”
