Posted on 10/04/2022 3:50:03 PM PDT by dennisw
Soldiers in Russia’s newly formed 3rd Army Corps fighting in Ukraine are often drunk, plagued by low morale and forced to use obsolete weapons on the battlefield, according to the Ukrainian military.
The Kremlin cobbled together the formation in June to replace the tens of thousands of troops killed or injured since the start of the invasion in February. It is composed of several brigades totaling some 15,000 mostly volunteer soldiers equipped with hundreds of tanks, Newsweek reported.
But according to an update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday, Russia’s five-month-old unit is facing some major hurdles.
Citing unspecified “available information,” Ukraine’s military claimed that the 3rd Army Corps is unable to effectively perform its tasks due, in part, to “obsolete and unusable weapons and military equipment” that troops are being forced to use.
According to the General Staff’s update, servicemen in the unit have been known to arbitrarily abandon positions and refuse orders.
Ukrainian officials blamed the corps’ woes on “consumption of alcoholic beverages” and “systematic violations of military discipline,” which have been causing “demoralization” in the ranks.
Forbes Magazine reported in mid-September that the 3rd Army Corps, based in Mulino, Russia, is staffed by old, unfit volunteers, among them drug and alcohol addicts, who are getting paid up to $5,000 a month, which is five times higher than the average Russian salary.
A portion of the unit was deployed in the Kharkiv region in early September, just before Ukraine launched a lightning counter-offensive that reclaimed large swaths of occupied territory and pushed Moscow’s forces across the border back into Russia.
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Even the dumbest Putinist should realize now that this isn't going to happen. All other promises and predictions from pedophiles like Scott Ritter or Russian media have failed to happen, why would this fantasy of an "unleashed Russian military" be any different? This IS the unleashed Russian military. This is all there is too it. Low IQ drunks and torturers.
“Bet an ice cream bar that “$5,000 a month” is fiction.”
That part is ridiculous. Rus guys will enlist to fight in Ukraine, for pay at $1000- $1500 per month, plus a promise of daily vodka rations.
That kind of money goes far in rural Russia.
An opinion I don’t share. I just find it better to be skeptical of any info…but it’s incontrovertible that the Russian flags do not fly over Kiev.
Is that a Ukraine insignia on Mr. Maxim’s sleeve?
He isn’t on any side in this war. They all are crumb bumbs.
What? I am not so sure Ezekiel says Russia will be destroyed.
Anyway, not meant to attack, I just never heard of such.
“why would this fantasy of an “unleashed Russian military” be any different? This IS the unleashed Russian military. This is all there is too it. Low IQ drunks and torturers.”
All Russian troops in Ukraine will be hunkering down this winter. Just trying to get enough food and warmth to survive. This just might make them sitting ducks for the advancing Ukrainian army. Who are tougher, Patriotic and battle hardened.
Putin should be losing at least one third of the Oblast territories that he declared part of mother Russia, via his scam referendums. Vlad Putin — dead or deposed by March 2023. His dumbass war is bad for Russia’s business, so he is outski! Kicked to the curb. It’s just a matter of months.
Check out Ezekiel 39:6.
He sends fire on Magog and those who think they live safely in the coastlands.
Somehow you are putting your opinion of this war as the side God is on. What gives you the power to decide for God?
That is pretty insane. You need to cut this stuff out right now. Good grief.
Your post is incomprehensible. “Facts” my foot. I have no idea what you are even talking about and even another chimed in to say the same thing.
Better luck next time...👎
Neither has he.
“Why bother with propaganda when we shall soon see how the Ukrainian military fares against the unleashed Russian military.”
We have seen them. The Russia rushed the best of their troops to try and save Lyman. Those troops just as quickly dropped their weapons and ran back out.
Speaking of butthurt, my #5 really got you triggered.
LOL!
Yes, when they’re in Russia they know which haystacks to hide in. Zeitzler at one of Hitler’s conference tables said “...they’re such clever devils”. According to Walter Warlimont’s excellent book “Hitler’s Headquarters”.
We shall seewhat we shall see. The Russian line at Svatove-Kreminna is unlikely to hold for long. There are already reports of the highway between them being cut. You should be able to comment on the “inflict hell” thing very soon.
And, heck, the Kherson front is collapsing. Wasn’t that also in the “inflict hell” zone?
I don’t believe any of this western propaganda.
Kind of like WMDs in Iraq.
Yep. Just went online and checked it out.
One was sold for $40,250 in 2019.
If it is real one from the WWII
used by the German army.
One that's functional.
That, however, is not Falstaff’s only role.
He is also a foil in Shakespeare’s sarcastic commentary about general corruption (Henry IV Part 2). That is not directly related to his relationship with Prince Hal. The point of that bit is how the system lets Falstaff get away with his shenanigans. Like recruiting Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble and Bullcalf, and getting paid to do so.
Shakespeare loved Falstaff. He is the only character he used in three plays.
St. Thomas Aquinas -
“In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.” - From the “Summa”.
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