Posted on 06/26/2022 10:45:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Putin has called an obese general out of retirement to take command of forces in Ukraine after yet another round of purges of top commanders has left him 'scraping the barrel'.
The 20 stone General Pavel, 67, has been summoned from his comfortable life in the Moscow suburbs and told to don his specially-made army fatigues and go to the front lines of eastern Ukraine.
He will now take charge of Russian special forces operating in the region after the unit's former commander was seriously injured in an artillery strike.
A veteran of the Soviet Union's ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and a member of Russia's special forces, General Pavel has let himself go considerably since retirement five years ago.
He is understood to eat five meals a day and polish it all off with a litre of vodka. Since coming back to the service, he has had to have his uniform specially made and he needs to wear two sets of body armour to ensure his torso is protected.
'Most of his best and battle-hardened senior commanders have been killed or injured fighting in Ukraine so he is resorting to sending second rate officers to the front who don't last very long.
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Despite capturing the key city of Severodonetsk yesterday, there have been reports that Putin has now sacked his number one general in Ukraine, ostensibly over the glacial pace of advance of the Russian army's primary thrust to annex the Donbas.
The dismissal of Gen Alexander Dvornikov, rumoured to be a drunk and distrusted by his officers, would mark yet another major shake up of Putin's command structure, and an expression of the dictator's frustration with the state of his war in Ukraine, which he had supposed would be successfully over within four days.
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It appears this guy “liberates” villages by eating their inhabitants.
He would tip the balance of power ,LOL
Is anyone else reminded of jabba the jihadi?
A short mans 280.
“In 2012 30% of the Russian population died from alcohol. That is an absolutely insane amount of people, around 12 million.”
Reading comprehension: Fail
Marh: Fail
Large slow target. Won’t last long.
It’s time to call up the “Fat Bastard”
Are you sure you don’t mean “Disgusting Fatbody?”
Let’s hope he doesn’t make a goodwill trip to Guam!
Georgia’s Hank Johnson will hyperventilate with concern.
Is that a litre of vodka for each of his 5 meals a day? I know he is Russian, but...
From the photo, he doesn’t look too happy to have been pulled out of retirement. I can’t blame him.
How long will he last? He could drop dead just walking to the buffet table!
Is that the Baron Harkonen? Was Beast Rabban obese too?
During World War I, at a critical moment in the 1918 Meuse Argonne offensive, amidst horrific casualties and low morale, Gen John Pershing Relinquished his battlefield command (while remaining in overall command of the AEF), and handed over control of the 1st Army to General Hunter Liggett. He could not have made a better choice.
Liggett rested and reorganized 1st Army, essentially calling a halt to the offensive. Working to supply the troops, bring up adequate support weapons including heavy artillery, tanks and aircraft, Liggett focused on rebuilding morale among officers and men. And preparing for a renewal of the assault on November 1 that would end the war.
Ligget was the quintessential manager. Intelligent, levelheaded, and confident, and extraordinarily competent. He was one of the best generals in the AEF, and of the entire war.
He was also one fat ass epicurean, and a stone chow hound, but the fat did not extend to above his collar. I don’t know anything about this Russki general, but appearances can be deceiving.
I’m sure Putin gave him two options:
1. Go to Donbas and fight
2. Accidentally fall out of a window
Or 3. He just gets one helping at meals & no snacking!
So that’s how I’d look in Russian camo.
LOL!
He could easily be mistaken for a slow-moving tank.
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