Posted on 08/29/2022 1:58:12 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Photos that appeared online over the weekend, depicting Russian army armored vehicles on trains rolling out of the army training base Mulino, 200 miles east of Moscow, are a potentially ominous sign.
The Russian army’s newest grouping, the 3rd Army Corps, is on the move–toward eastern Ukraine. The 3rd Army Corps is the first big new formation to take shape as a result of the Kremlin’s urgent initiative, beginning this summer, to recruit new soldiers and stand up new units in order to replace the tens of thousands of troops it has lost in the six months since it widened its war in Ukraine.
The 3rd AC will, to some extent, boost the fighting strength of the battered Russian army in Ukraine. But it’s unclear just how effective the corps might be in combat with battle-hardened Ukrainian battalions. While the 3rd AC has drawn relatively modern equipment, its recruits–middle-aged men, mostly–are indicative of the Russian army’s broader manpower challenge.
Aging Russia doesn’t have a lot of highly motivated, fit young men to spare. And that means the 3rd AC could roll into battle at a disadvantage.
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It’s not for no reason that Russian President Vladimir Putin in May signed a law removing the 40-year age limit on new recruits. And it’s not for no reason the 3rd AC’s ranks feature a lot of gray hair, weathered faces and paunchy midsections. “Images of the 3rd Army Corps elements have shown the volunteers to be physically unfit and old,” the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. noted.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Them RuZZian troops so ‘unfit and old’ they still kicking Ukrainian arses...yeah, okie dokie.
Hey joke for you:
What is a/n Ukrainian forward offensive?
It’s when the Ukrainians turn around and head backwards after getting decimated by massed Russian artillery.
“Today, during the day, on the direct instructions of V. Zelensky, Ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions in three directions.
As a result of the active defense of the grouping of Russian troops, the AFU units suffered heavy losses.
During the fighting, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine other armored combat vehicles were destroyed, two Su-25 attack aircraft were shot down.
The enemy’s losses in manpower amounted to more than 560 servicemen. Another attempt at offensive actions of the enemy failed miserably.” - RuMoDsaid
Da Ukraine has a draft for all males 18-70.
So...what’s the diff?
60? 60?! 60!?!
‘Ukraine starts drafting reservists aged 18-60 after president’s order’
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-starts-drafting-reservists-aged-18-60-after-presidents-order-2022-02-23/
Then here is what them ZelenskyyIdiot Nazis’ do:
‘Ukraine’s Draft Dodgers Face Guilt, Shame and Reproach’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/world/asia/ukraine-draft-dodgers.html
The Ukrainians are defending their own country against foreign invasion?
What’s funny is the Putinas told is in 2014 it was local separatist Donbas “farmers and miners” “kicking butt” in Ukraine. Then Putin handed out medals to Russian airborne and special forces who invaded Ukraine illegally with no insignia. They just lie out of habit. Russia after all invented Fake News and gaslighting.
Five stages of grief are DENIAL, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Already seeing it in you Nazi ZelenskyyIdiot supporting FR folks. Bet.
I noticed masturbatory thread that was evidence of Russia’s constant winning: no pictures, lots of racist slang, no actual evidence except triumphantly saying “everything is okay! The Ukrainian offensive has already failed”.
Of course, the thread does not quote Russian military experts reporting the opposite.
It’s interesting to me on how little evidence the Putin cult operates with.
The folks in the Donbas would say the exact same thing.
And have formed their own very own capable militias of about 100,000.
“The Ukrainians are defending their own country against foreign invasion?”
You need pictures?
Like a child’s book?
Dude, all kinds of proof Ukraine getting its collective arses whooped. But you need pictures? LMAOGTFO.
Iraq, Syria, Libya, Serbia, Somalia, Kosovo enter the chat.
“Then Putin handed out medals to Russian airborne and special forces who invaded Ukraine illegally with no insignia.”
3rd Army Corps is on par with the Ukraine’s militias, not regular RGF units. They are mostly poorly trained and poorly armed.
“…defending their own country against foreign invasion”
What a novel idea.
There was a pre-Civil War regular artillery battalion that bore the unofficial nickname of “The Immortals” because even the lieutenants had grey hair. Gotta love soldiers’ humor.
Maybe like that aged security guard in the department store on Andy Griffith who fell asleep? Boss called him “Rip Van Winkle.” That was the one where Barney dressed up as a mannequin to observe the female criminal stealing merchandise.
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