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Russia’s forces are drunk, armed with ‘obsolete’ weapons: Ukraine
NY POST ^ | October 4, 2022 | By Snejana Farberov

Posted on 10/04/2022 3:50:03 PM PDT by dennisw

Soldiers in Russia’s newly formed 3rd Army Corps fighting in Ukraine are often drunk, plagued by low morale and forced to use obsolete weapons on the battlefield, according to the Ukrainian military.

The Kremlin cobbled together the formation in June to replace the tens of thousands of troops killed or injured since the start of the invasion in February. It is composed of several brigades totaling some 15,000 mostly volunteer soldiers equipped with hundreds of tanks, Newsweek reported.

But according to an update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday, Russia’s five-month-old unit is facing some major hurdles.

Citing unspecified “available information,” Ukraine’s military claimed that the 3rd Army Corps is unable to effectively perform its tasks due, in part, to “obsolete and unusable weapons and military equipment” that troops are being forced to use.

According to the General Staff’s update, servicemen in the unit have been known to arbitrarily abandon positions and refuse orders.

Ukrainian officials blamed the corps’ woes on “consumption of alcoholic beverages” and “systematic violations of military discipline,” which have been causing “demoralization” in the ranks.

Forbes Magazine reported in mid-September that the 3rd Army Corps, based in Mulino, Russia, is staffed by old, unfit volunteers, among them drug and alcohol addicts, who are getting paid up to $5,000 a month, which is five times higher than the average Russian salary.

A portion of the unit was deployed in the Kharkiv region in early September, just before Ukraine launched a lightning counter-offensive that reclaimed large swaths of occupied territory and pushed Moscow’s forces across the border back into Russia.

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To: dennisw
So says the side that just lost 40,000 square miles in this war.

The Ukraine government, Biden regime and British lie but the map of the war doesn't.

41 posted on 10/04/2022 4:29:16 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: JonPreston

It very well may be accurate to say that a good portion of Russia, along with Iran, etc al are basically destroyed in Ezekiel 38.

That being said, there’s an insane push for World War III right now (you’re not part of that obviously).

Meanwhile, in America, the most important midterms are coming up.

🛐🙏✝️


42 posted on 10/04/2022 4:29:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Sacajaweau

Probably!

Their morale seems to be great.


43 posted on 10/04/2022 4:30:04 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Stairway to Heaven

And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason

44 posted on 10/04/2022 4:30:08 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: SaveFerris

et al

Autocorrect 🙄🙄


45 posted on 10/04/2022 4:30:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Agree completely. Focus on America for the next 40 days (and nights)


46 posted on 10/04/2022 4:31:19 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: BenLurkin

The “fighting homos” that are beating the Russians. Got it.


47 posted on 10/04/2022 4:31:35 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: JonPreston

Real Reason:

Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.


48 posted on 10/04/2022 4:32:19 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: buwaya

Guess I needed the s/ after all.


49 posted on 10/04/2022 4:32:31 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Boko Haram [remember the hundreds of Christian girls they kidnapped? O did nothing to rescue a single one of them - like I said, Christian.] regularly fed drugs to their child soldiers. Made them numbingly ruthless. Would imagine a similar effect with copious amounts of alcohol. And it didn’t stop the russkies from taking all of those provinces from the biggest, best NATO trained and equipped army in EU, now did it?

So lets deal in facts and not histrionics.


50 posted on 10/04/2022 4:32:59 PM PDT by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Keep your feet on the ground, padre. That preachy stuff scares me something fierce.


51 posted on 10/04/2022 4:35:56 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: FreedomPoster

Because this is an official piece of propaganda from the Ukrainian MOD. The thing about propaganda is that it may be false, but it may also be true.

In WW2 and the Cold War the US and Britain (and others, like West Germany) propaganda was skewed to the truth vs Germany and the USSR, in order to “burn through” the Nazi and Soviet media controls.


52 posted on 10/04/2022 4:36:45 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Kazan

The map is in process of being revised.


53 posted on 10/04/2022 4:37:44 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Looks just as effective as modern weapons.

Perhaps better in some cases.


54 posted on 10/04/2022 4:39:02 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: TonyinLA

Ukraine had the “biggest, best” Nato trained army?

In what universe?


55 posted on 10/04/2022 4:39:32 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The Maxim and MP-40 are still excellent if in good condition.


56 posted on 10/04/2022 4:42:00 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: Billthedrill

LOL


57 posted on 10/04/2022 4:43:07 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: Pikachu_Dad

I agree, my post was a bit sarcastic as a stone can kill people (still).


58 posted on 10/04/2022 4:43:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

👍
Just oil them up and unleash the fury.


59 posted on 10/04/2022 4:44:06 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: TonyinLA

How much have you had to drink tonight?
It’s still early...


60 posted on 10/04/2022 4:44:46 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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