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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: JonPreston; EEGator

EE summed it up pretty well

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4098189/posts?page=37#37


61 posted on 10/04/2022 4:44:48 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: dennisw
Russian Reporter Left Speechless Amid Kherson Retreat: 'Disaster'
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-reporter-roman-saponkov-kherson-retreat-comments-1748944?piano_t=1

Russia’s Army Keeps Collapsing After Falling Back in Kherson
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/04/russia-army-retreating-kherson-ukraine/

Kremlin dismisses media report of nuclear test
https://www.arctictoday.com/kremlin-dismisses-media-report-of-nuclear-test/

62 posted on 10/04/2022 4:46:10 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: SaveFerris
EE summed it up pretty well

Right because these weapons are needed on our southern border.


63 posted on 10/04/2022 4:50:54 PM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: dennisw
Retreating Russians Leave Bodies Of Comrades Behind
https://www.newsy.com/stories/retreating-russians-leave-bodies-of-comrades-behind/

Putin Must Go: Now Is The Time For Regime Change In Russia
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/putin-must-go-now-is-the-time-for-regime-change-in-russia/

Tsikhanouskaya: there are no anti-Ukrainian moods in Belarusian army
https://tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english/lukashenko-knows-there-are-no-anti-ukrainian-moods-in-belarusian-army-says-dissident-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-6147732

64 posted on 10/04/2022 4:52:20 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: tlozo; EEGator

EEGator mentioned weapons in his post?

I must have missed it


65 posted on 10/04/2022 4:53:03 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: Roman_War_Criminal

Ya, I know, facts are stubborn. They kinda’ always come around - sooner or later.

Better to pretend they don’t exist to preserve a frail and illogical construct.


66 posted on 10/04/2022 4:53:44 PM PDT by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: dennisw

Falstaff’s soldiers - Henry IV, part II

https://www.alamy.com/falstaff-hancock-his-ragged-regiment-falstaff-if-i-be-not-ashamed-image60191391.html?imageid=8F3F3C0C-B731-48AB-8736-5903AA56F058&p=546931&pn=1&searchId=387aded504e15682e0d3e6fb8205bac4&searchtype=0


67 posted on 10/04/2022 4:54:29 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: dennisw
"Russia’s forces are drunk, armed with ‘obsolete’ weapons"

How did that exact scenario work out for Germany in 1942-1945?

68 posted on 10/04/2022 4:54:38 PM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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To: SaveFerris; tlozo

He sees what he wants to see, instead of actually reading the words I wrote.


69 posted on 10/04/2022 4:55:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I took another look lol


70 posted on 10/04/2022 4:56:08 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

Thank you.


71 posted on 10/04/2022 4:59:15 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: buwaya
How is it being revised? Oh, Ukraine burned off another thousand lives taking back a deserted town like Lyman?

The borders are set. And, any attacks on what is now Russian territory means that the Russians will defend it as Russian territory. Translation: They will use the full force of the Russian military and inflict hell on what's left of the Ukrainian military.

72 posted on 10/04/2022 5:00:11 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Sooth2222

In 1944-45 quantity was king.


73 posted on 10/04/2022 5:01:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“Quantity has a quality all its own.” - Josef Stalin


74 posted on 10/04/2022 5:02:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dennisw

Hi.

Imho it is not a good idea to be drunk or stoned in a hot AO.

5.56mm


75 posted on 10/04/2022 5:03:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: toddausauras

“Low morale is not good for attackers. Russians are traditionally horrible on the offensive.”

That’s true. They are also pretty shoddy on the defensive, unless they are on their own turf inside Mother Russia. Then they can be formidable.

The average Russian soldier is not invested in this war. And it shows.


76 posted on 10/04/2022 5:04:31 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: buwaya

Though primarily a comic figure, Falstaff embodies a depth common to Shakespeare’s major characters. A fat, vain, and boastful knight, he spends most of his time drinking at the Boar’s Head Inn with petty criminals, living on stolen or borrowed money. Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.


77 posted on 10/04/2022 5:04:41 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dfwgator

If you could sell the scrap from Kursk to a metal recycler you could retire. :)


78 posted on 10/04/2022 5:05:42 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: dennisw
according to the Ukrainian military

These people will believe anything they are told.

79 posted on 10/04/2022 5:06:44 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Stingray51
...the war will not be won by macho talk here on FR.

Truth

80 posted on 10/04/2022 5:11:08 PM PDT by cabojoe
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