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Ukraine cages its soldiers to stop them getting drunk
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| June 30, 2015
Posted on 07/02/2015 11:51:59 AM PDT by Altenkrug
Tanked-up Ukranian troops are crammed into small metal cages as a punishment for getting drunk. Video footage of the soldiers being shoved into the cages to sober up in eastern Ukraine has been published online. The men are forced to sit on the floor of the metal enclosure as it is not high enough for them to stand. The disgraced men are only released when they have sobered up. War reporter Andrei Tsaplienki explained the reason these soldiers were punished so harshly. 'In some army units, alcoholism has come to the level of an epidemic,' he said. 'So, radical measures are needed. An army source said: 'Drinking in the army is a big problem, even greater now there is a ceasefire. 'There is nothing for the men to do so they drink vodka. 'They are all used to drink in their civilian lives and they are just carrying the habit on, but even more so because they are bored.'
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: astroturf; crimea; donetsk; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine; vladtheimploder
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:51:59 AM PDT
by
Altenkrug
To: Altenkrug
Shades of “Bridge Over the River Kwai”.
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:56:39 AM PDT
by
Tucker39
(Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
To: Eaker
This is why I didn’t sign up for the Ukrainian Army.
A cage indeed.
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:56:48 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: humblegunner
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:03:30 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Altenkrug
In Russia accent hold the vodka comrade LOL!
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:07:23 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Altenkrug
Russia doesn't have enough cages to do this to their own drunken soldiers.
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:11:35 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
To: Altenkrug
This is from a UK newspaper. Are its former enablers souring on the Kiev crowd?
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:16:14 PM PDT
by
grania
To: Altenkrug
I suspect it pretty much sucks to be a Ukrainian soldier about now, but Eastern European men and vodka are a routine combination, plus I'll bet many are not career or professional military, but recent conscripts or volunteers much closer to civilian routine and not trained up to military discipline.
They certainly don't have good examples in their civilian government cadre or their Fascist/Socialist political parties and movements.
The comments are interesting.
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:22:10 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Altenkrug
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:30:22 PM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Islamic Immigration is Treason)
To: humblegunner; Eaker; stephenjohnbanker; JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/02/2015 12:56:19 PM PDT
by
shibumi
("Cover it with gas and set it on fire.")
To: Altenkrug
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:03:22 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Russians can hold their vodka.
To: Forward the Light Brigade
Obviously, just look at their life-expectancy.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:54:27 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
To: Altenkrug
This was normal for the Red Army and remains so in the armed forces of much of the XUSSR.
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posted on
07/02/2015 5:49:24 PM PDT
by
Thud
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