How are those sanctions going?
Posted on 09/04/2022 11:09:59 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update on Sunday that Russian forces in Ukraine have likely not received combat bonuses, hampering morale.
“Russian forces continue to suffer from morale and discipline issues in Ukraine,” the ministry said in a Twitter thread. “In addition to combat fatigue and high casualties, one of the main grievances from deployed Russian soldiers probably continues to be problems with their pay.”
It said that Russian troops receive a modest salary and a variety of bonuses and allowances, noting the combat bonuses have not been paid since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
“This is probably due to inefficient military bureaucracy, the unusual legal status of the ‘special military operation’, and at least some outright corruption amongst commanders,” the ministry said.
It added that Russia’s military has failed to provide deployed troops with “basic entitlements” such as appropriate uniforms, arms and rations, contributing to the military’s current “fragile morale.”
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The Hill, may as well be Media Matters.
Food and money are often just as important as ammunition, quality weapons, and good tactics.
Russia lacks all 5. Always has.
It used to have numbers and terrain and a willingness to do anything to win.
It has a numerical advantage, but not like it did. Terrain works against them here. They are still willing to do whatever it takes, but the men are not.
UK intelligence? As in Christopher Steele of the phony Steele dossier fame?
“ but Putin can’t pay his troops either. ”
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The article doesn’t say that. It’s only a speculation. Like The Hill speculating Trump colluded with Russia.
*Yawn*
Russia AND China are worse off financially than we are. JMHO!
“UK intelligence”
The same ‘intelligence’ that can’t even find a way to keep their pubs open while trying to ‘punish’ Putin, who, by the way can keep all of his pubs open.
War must be going pretty bad for Ukraine if this is the best thing they can report.
**The Hill, may as well be Media Matters.**
Such noble names. But certainly not known for noble honesty.
The author has an unusual name.
How are those sanctions going?
You have no respect for yourself.
Has it occurred to the folks that post articles about Ukraine and Russia that a very very strong majority of the people on FR …. DO NOT GIVE A F*^*v
What they do care about is all the corruption has gone on, continues to go on and the fact that the potato in the White House continues to give one of the most politically corrupt places in earth continues to get billions on US dollars and US military equipment.
Anyone who supports what CornPop and the rest are doing in Ukraine, in an attempt to beat big bad Russia, are doing nothing but supporting the continued suffering of the Ukrainian people. For it is their towns and cities that are the battlefield. Not Moscow.
UK Intelligence? Is that the same group of geniuses who planned the two failed “commando raids” on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant? You know… the Keystone Cop raids that the western main stream media is embarrassed to cover.
—”Not only is Russian logistics a disaster,”
“My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.” – Alexander the Great.
Just put Ukraine in the title and the vatnicks (plural?) come running like roaches.
“ They are still willing to do whatever it takes,”
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Yes they are — and it’ll take taking out their opponents and we are their main opponent and we have anti-Americans at the helm.
People supporting this war are ignorant or anti-American and probably both.
Why cover something that never happened, Comrade Atreides?
“Why cover something that never happened, Comrade Atreides?”
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You mean “never happened” like the repeated Ukrainian artillery shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant?
UK intelligence?
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