“They resent the fact that management holds no regard for their quality of life, illustrated by their stubborn reluctance to provide a higher quantity of paid time off, especially for sickness.” “Railroaders do not feel valued,” union president Tony Cardwell said in a statement. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees Division (BMWED) on Monday opposed a new contract that would have given workers, $5,000 bonuses and a 24 per cent raise over five years. US freight railroad workers are again on the verge of striking after members of their union voted to reject a tentative employment agreement. The poll was published on September 1.įleming’s remarks come after Russia launched a series of missiles attacks on Ukrainian cities which Putin said was retaliation for the explosion over the weekend that collapsed part of the Kerch bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean peninsula.

And they are feeling the extent of the dreadful human cost of his war of choice,” Fleming added.Īccording to an independent survey by Russian polling organisation the Levada Center, almost half of polled Russians are anxious about mobilisation although support for Russia’s military actions remains high. They know their access to modern technologies and external influences will be drastically restricted. The Russian population is, meanwhile, “fleeing the draft, realising they can no longer travel. The use of prisoners to reinforce, and now the mobilisation of tens of thousands of inexperienced conscripts, speaks of a desperate situation,” Fleming said. “We know - and Russian commanders on the ground know - that their supplies and munitions are running out. Sir Jeremy Fleming, head of British cyber intelligence unit GCHQ, called Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine a “high-stakes strategy” where “the costs to Russia - in people and equipment are staggering” and the “Russian population has started to understand that”. Ordinary Russians are increasingly counting the cost of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and can see ever more clearly “how badly Putin has misjudged the situation”, according to a senior British spy chief.

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