Flashing Sword of Retribution

[Ivan]

Top secret report: 12:00 2.2.43

To: head of all security Comrade Beria

Sorry for the rushed report, my situation is most precarious having to put myself in constant danger to get the truth of the matter as the Tsarist elite try to hide things, as you know great comrade.

Worrying news! Progress is horrendously slow as the beasts try to hold onto every inch of soil in a most fanatic manner. Our peasant soldiers are barely past the Oskol when they should be half of the way to the Dnepr by now.

I personally have walked the streets of Izyum and yet reports now suggest it is again in enemy hands, what treachery, where is the security.

It is also most worrying that our infantry are not fighting hard enough, the ratio of their casualities seems light while our tanks are disappearing on the battlefield at a horrendous ratio. Where is the priority, they are showing more concern for the peasants than the irreplacable tanks.

And most worrying of all I have heard of fresh beasts not only arriving in Izyum but on the southern flank. I hope the Tsarist commanders know what they are doing and protect our flank or we will be in a real Pickle.

Sorry for the rushed report great comrade but as I said my own situation is now precarious, I am asking permission to move further to the east so I do not fall into the hands of the beasts. Not that my own safety concerns me but I know now more than ever you need these reports as a disaster could be approaching to match that of the German one at Stalingrad.


Your comrade agent xxx.