So great to hear this is the case, I’ll submit it for posting at DU where the sentiments are similar.
As expected, Putin’s intended cannon fodder. Not even issuing them proper weapons or ammunition with which to fight.
It’s gonna get really cold soon. I hope they have good boots and socks.
But they probably have to share those.
If things are half as bad as this propaganda states, these troops will be Ukraine’s problem in a few weeks as they will surrender en mass.
It’s the Zeeper Daily Mail!
Isn’t this the same as how Russians fought WWI and WWII?
I cannot recommend Putin’s war.
I see the whole thing as senseless waste of human life. I do believe Ukraine has a right to defend its own nation.
I don’t necessarily take every news story about Russia or the front at face value however. I don’t fall for Russian propegandists here om this site either. They would justify killing many innocents if it somehow hurt the left. That is not sensible or strategic, only foolishness.
It appears to me that Russia is baiting Ukraine to take territory and then face the task of trying to take a city Russia holds, such as Kherson. If Ukaine wishes to oust Russia from Kherson it will have to mass forces necessary to conduct the block to block fighting that Russia did when it captured Mariupol. Remember that?
Even if this is not a Russian plan (i.e., baiting the Ukrainians) the outcome will be the same. Ukraine will have to conduct a frontal assault on the city of Kherson and, in order to do this, will have to mass troops and equipment that will be easy targets for Russian artillery, missiles and bombs. Ukraine has no military power to counter what Russia can unleash. So, if your panties are in a knot over “Russia losing territory”, I suggest you take a nap on the fainting couch and calm down.
Who cares how the Russians treat their soldiers, that’s not going to change the fact that the Biden administration has started WWIII.
This is where the new-fangled US Army is headed.
Nice to see that some things never change isn’t it?
Another bit of news that I regard as questionable….but still possible.
SO much disinformation and lies from every direction. I tend to believe WSJ reporting more than other sources, substack the least, none completely.
Those aren’t Russians! They’re neocon globo fluffers! /s
Regardless, those poor saps humping rifles in the cold are better men than a pack of keyboard wielding REMFs.
There’s a lot of conflicting news on freep, mostly from partisan trolls. However, we can all agree on the 300,000 mobilization number, since Puting called for it. That is a LOT of people that need to be trained by a LOT of trainers. It’s a lot of clothing and boots, and winter is coming. It’s a lot of arms and ammunition that needs to be manufactured and supplied. And of course, it’s a boatload of food, several times per day. It does appear that the Russian Kleptocracy is ill prepared for this level of concentrated logistics. Interestingly, the Soviets used to have these logistics. At the end of Operation Barbossa, they were spitting out a hundred tanks per week.
‘We spent a week in brutal, absolutely appalling conditions. We had no provisions, no money - nothing at all.
Sounds like they were well trained for their tour in Ukraine.
Update on Russian operations in Ukraine for October 5, 2022
- Latest US aid package falls far short of replacing steep Ukrainian losses amid continued offensives;
- Ukraine’s offensive has limited capabilities, will not achieve “victory” over Russian forces in territory deemed “Ukrainian” by Kiev;
- Ukrainian offensive is an “all-or-nothing” proposition, hoping to achieve psychological and political gains toward ending the conflict in ways Ukrainian military force cannot;
- Western analysts celebrate the psychological impact the offensive is having on pro-Russian media, pundits, and even prominent members of Russian society;
- In reality, Ukraine will be left overextended and vulnerable just as Russia’s 300,000-strong mobilization begins shaping the battlefield.
In Ukrainian channels, information about the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared. They refer to the data of the General Staff.
Here is what the military-political leadership of Ukraine hides:
- the staffing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains at the level of 43-48%;
- losses among military personnel - more than 191 thousand killed and wounded;
- statistics on missing persons are not maintained; - medicine is working at its limit, the seriously wounded are taken through Poland for treatment in European countries (Germany, France, Italy);
- an acute shortage of small arms and body armor;
- the resource of some samples of equipment transferred by the allies is ending (the first batches of American M777, M109, new Panzerhaubitse 2000 and MARS II);
- the lack of qualified specialists in the operation of Western weapons, so the equipment is operated by people without a deep understanding of the materiel;
- a problem with consumables, especially hydraulics and liquid nitrogen, necessary for M777 howitzers;
- in the field, an automated fire control system does not last long, fragments and dust are killed quickly enough; there are no opportunities for repairs on the spot, we have to send them to Poland, where there are spare parts and specialists.
In addition, the MPS of Ukrainian military personnel remains at a low level, despite the recent information campaign to distribute “encouraging” materials on social networks and organized concerts.
Such a deplorable state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can only testify to one thing - they do not have long to exist.
