Posted on 10/07/2022 4:31:28 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The Ukrainians’ bodies lay side-by-side on the grass, the earth beside them splayed open by a crater. Dragged to the spot by Russian mercenaries, the victims’ arms pointed to where they had died.
“Let’s plant a grenade on them,” a voice says in husky Russian, in what appears to be a plan to booby-trap the bodies.
“There is no need for a grenade, we will just bash them in,” another says of the Ukrainian soldiers who will come to collect the bodies. The mercenaries then realize they have run out of ammunition.
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Wagner’s struggles in Ukraine have set in motion a wider problem: discontent in its ranks. For a group that depends on the appeal of its salaries and work, that’s critical.
From intercepted phone calls, Ukrainian intelligence services in August noted a “general decline in morale and the psychological state” of Wagner troops, Ukrainian defense intelligence spokesman Yusov said. It’s a trend he’s also seen in Russian troops more broadly.
The reduction in Wagner recruitment requirements point to demoralization too, he said, and the number of “truly professional soldiers who are willing to volunteer to fight with Wagner” is also decreasing.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Bahkmut about to fall....
“When the ground freezes, Russia is going to run all over the Ukrainian forces.”
When the ground freezes the Russians will to. If they don’t starve to death first, anyway.
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What's the frequency Kenneth?
All true.
You are spinning propaganda so fast what is left of your brain is spattering on the walls.
One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
your co-worker speaks out.
https://www.rferl.org/a/how-to-guide-russian-trolling-trolls/26919999.html
Yes. All the ABC agencies have been weaponized against us.
If you are winning the war against the ORCs and their deranged dying mentally ill morally depraved leader, why do you need pre-emptive nuclear strikes launched by NATO against Russia?
You don’t go all in on 00 at roulette when you are $2M up on the house.
Ah yes, rely on Radio Free Europe propaganda, an organ of the US government to shore up support for US propadanda by claiming that anyone denying the “facts” in the propogana is Russian propaganda.
Remind me where we have heard this before - Russia, Russia, Russia, oh yeah, Brennan, the FBI, and Hillary. Deepstate trolls trolling themselves and you identify as a deep state troll evidently. You a spin off from the snake cell or just an alias?
and their cohorts in the ABCNNBSNBCLGBTQ news propaganda. And they thought Q was a conspiracy theory. My god!
and their cohorts in the ABCNNBSNBCLGBTQ news propaganda. And they thought Q was a conspiracy theory. My god!
The Russians are sadistic when it comes to hazing their recruits. The Americans seem to have found the perfect balance. Or at least before we became woke.
Update on Russian operations in Ukraine for October 5, 2022
- Latest US aid package falls far short of replacing steep Ukrainian losses amid continued offensives;
- Ukraine’s offensive has limited capabilities, will not achieve “victory” over Russian forces in territory deemed “Ukrainian” by Kiev;
- Ukrainian offensive is an “all-or-nothing” proposition, hoping to achieve psychological and political gains toward ending the conflict in ways Ukrainian military force cannot;
- Western analysts celebrate the psychological impact the offensive is having on pro-Russian media, pundits, and even prominent members of Russian society;
- In reality, Ukraine will be left overextended and vulnerable just as Russia’s 300,000-strong mobilization begins shaping the battlefield.
Getting so rattled that you no longer make sense, eh troll?
Well certainly trolled and outed you
WOW the UKe propaganda is thick this morning
Is he one of the group of Russian criminals who have been recruited from Russian prisons to become Wagners? THey are guaranteed release from sentence if they serve soberly for 6 months. Is he a murder for hire gang type, or an out of control spree killer, or mass murderer? It appears the Wagner soldiers are having morale problems as is reported by a former Wagner commander who hears from Wagners still fighting.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/europe/wagner-ukraine-struggles-marat-gabidullin-cmd-intl/index.httml
I forgot to add other names before clicking my comment #57 about Wagner morale problems.
[Is he one of the group of Russian criminals who have been recruited from Russian prisons to become Wagners? THey are guaranteed release from sentence if they serve soberly for 6 months. Is he a murder for hire gang type, or an out of control spree killer, or mass murderer? It appears the Wagner soldiers are having morale problems as is reported by a former Wagner commander who hears from Wagners still fighting.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/europe/wagner-ukraine-struggles-marat-gabidullin-cmd-intl/index.httml]
A fair number of Ukrainian troops were trained by NATO forces, including U.S. forces. They are mostly armed with Soviet/Russian style weapons, but have received some American artillery, anti-armir, and anti-air weapons. But the tanks, APC's, artillery, etc. are overhwlemingly their own stuff.
And theu're led by their own people. You have a few Americans in some of the foreign volunteer forces - which Russia also has - but it's overhwlemingly their own leadership. And, they're doing the overwhelming majority of their own fighting and dying.
We're actually supporting them much less than Russia supported the North Vietnamese.
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