[yank in the UK]

I remember when the Russians invaded Georgia a few years back, the Russian troops all looked old, bald, and seriously out of shape, some of them looked like they had been pickled by vodka.

[mamelukesabre]

How young do you gotta be to drive a tank?

[PIF]

I remember when the Russians invaded Georgia a few years back, the Russian troops all looked old, bald, and seriously out of shape, some of them looked like they had been pickled by vodka.

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That was because they weren’t Russian soldiers - they were paid mercinaries (basically militarized thugs) which Russia often uses for its more brutal and public mil ops.