Posted on 01/31/2023 7:05:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Wagner Group mercenaries saw a spike in infectious diseases due to their poor hygiene, Ukraine said on Tuesday.
Ukraine's latest statement about the dire condition of Russian troops comes more than 11 months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Ukraine "special military operation" in February 2022. Putin initially hoped his troops would carry him to a quick victory, but Ukrainian successes have translated to losses for Putin's troops, compelling Moscow's military leaders to turn to the Wagner Group, a paramilitary unit founded by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Wagner mercenaries in January delivered a key victory to Russia in Soledar.
Ukrainian intelligence has now suggested the group could be experiencing widespread illness. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said diseases were spreading throughout the troops, largely comprised of ex-prisoners, in their daily update on Tuesday.
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Sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Sounds like a fabulist to me...
They're Russians. Most of Russia is third world outside of St. Petersburg and Moscow.
What manner of naïve fool would believe anything coming from the governments in Kiev and Moscow right now?
Ukraine is Third World too though.
Boo hoo.
Ukrainian hoors spreading their favors widely?
do they all do six month rotations or just the Wagner/Contractors?
I imagine that’s happening on both sides.....and considering the environment of war troops are fighting in now I’d expect more diseases as well.
Trenches, bad supply trains, crappy weather, questionable kit…. In almost every war this is the rule not the exception. Disease has routinely been a bigger killer than bombs and bullets.
“and considering the environment of war troops are fighting in now I’d expect more diseases as well.”
Yup, not unusual.
This assumes the Ukrainians can be believed about anything. But, if this is true, things are worse for Ukrainian troops that have been stuck in Donetsk far longer.
Only the truth can save Ukraine from further destruction
“Ukraine is Third World too though.”
Wrong!!!! They are a very strong grains and wheat grower that supplies, exports to the world. The largest sunflowers grower. They supply sunflower cooking oil to Europe.
This is why Parasite Putin invaded.
Good hygene in the field is an absolute necessity to keep the troops effective. In the Civil War, more deaths were due to disease than bullets it has been said.
Have you ever been to Ukraine? Or are you just regurgitating pro-russian propaganda that’s been shoved down your throat?
I’ve been to plenty of third-world countries in Asia and Africa. And I’ve been to Ukraine, multiple times. So I can confidently state, based on my own experience, that Ukraine is a developed European country, nothing like the third world, and you are full of shit.
More propaganda drivel. I assume that hygiene isn’t too good for either side. War is kind of like that.
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for February 1, 2023 + US and its potential war with China by 2025.
- Western media begins preparing public for the fall of Bakhmut;
- Recent Ukrainian losses is being used to call for more weapon shipments to Ukraine including calls for missiles and jets;
- Arms shipments are being accompanied by calls for arming Ukraine for taking Crimea;
- A 2013 US government-funded poll found that most people in Crimea identify as Russian or Crimean (not Ukrainian) and a majority leaned in favor of associating with Russia, not the EU;
- Announced arms shipments and threats toward Crimea represents the West's attempt to find leverage over Russia as Ukraine suffers growing setbacks on the battlefield;
- At the same time, the US appears to be preparing for war with China over Taiwan;
- The US is out of time in terms of encircling and containing both Russia and China, forcing it to commit to increasingly reckless policies to achieve its objectives;
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