Posted on 08/14/2023 10:44:28 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard reports like this from Russian conscripts. Every few months we get a fresh glimpse at the Russian front lines from individuals who describe the conditions as “absolute f**king hell” or as an ongoing slaughter. The most recent entry of this type comes from an ex-convict named Aleksandr who has been serving in the Russian Army.
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You may remember that last year Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group was allowed to recruit tens of thousands of conscripts from Russia’s prisons. Wagner was eventually cut off from recruiting more prisoners in one of the first signs (in February) that Prigozhin was falling out of favor with Putin. After the march on Moscow, Wagner withdrew from Ukraine but the regular army picked up where Prigozhin left off, offering desperate prisoners six month contracts to fight for their freedom.
But, to no one’s surprise, Aleksandr says the army isn’t living up to most of its commitments to prison recruits. They are supposed to be rotated out after six months and sent home. In fact, they are pressured to remain on the front lines for up to a year after these six months are up. Aleksandr also says the bodies of the dead are not recovered because dead soldiers are guaranteed a payment to their surviving family members while soldiers listed as missing get nothing.
Worst of all, Aleksandr’s unit seemed to be placed in harm’s way with no specific goal in mind except to draw attacks from Ukrainians they have never seen.
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Wonder if either side can sign up illegals in the USA?
How come the keyboard warrior himself has not volunteered for the Ukraine war yet? They are taking all comers Snake!
I myself would be riveted by your stories of life on the front. Don’t be a chicken hawk, volunteer!
Gee, here I thought the Russkies were WINNING!
Very sad! I pray every day my brother-in-law isn’t called up.
Is there a reason he is not already fighting the invaders?
Oh...is he a Russian? There shouldn't be any adult male physically able Ukies NOT fighting!
What would have happened to them if they had said anything nice about their own country?
They should try
The truth is that modern warfare against a modern, well equipped adversary is so lethal it’s pretty much a slaughter if you get caught out.
Both sides are getting torn apart for no purpose because the Biden Admin is blocking any kind of cease fire and negotiated settlement
It’s really disgusting
Life on the Eastern Front.
Yawn. That’s the same thing some soldier from every country in every war in history has said.
Dostoevsky had too many elites too.
Interestingly, assistant to DPR head Yan Gagin echoed this view:
What he says is very interesting. That Russia is ready for a major offensive operations but right now, it continues to conduct defense simply because it’s very profitable at the moment to do so. The reasoning he gives is strong: Ukraine is so desperate to achieve any kind of visible breakthrough that they pour their forces forward in completely unfavorable conditions which allow Russia to decimate them. Thus, he seems to imply that for the time being, as long as the AFU continues their ‘meat-assaults’ Russia will happily go on liquidating them out in the open where it’s quite easy and profitable to do so. Then when the time comes, they’ll launch an offensive.
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