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Russian Soldiers Are Freezing To Death In Eastern Ukraine
Forbes ^ | November 27, 2022 | David Axe

Posted on 11/27/2022 6:30:56 AM PST by Timber Rattler

The Ukrainian army has deployed some of its best brigades to eastern Ukraine, including the 92nd and 93rd Mechanized Brigades and the 1st Presidential Brigade.

But these elite Ukrainian formations might not be the biggest killer of Russian troops in the east. Under-trained, under-supplied and ambivalently led, Russians in the region are freezing to death by the dozen.

Shocking videos that have circulated online in recent weeks tell a tragic story. The videos, shot by the Ukrainian brigades’ hovering drones, depict Russians in the late stages of hypothermia, so cold and sick that they barely react when the drones drop lethal improvised bombs on them.

Thomas Theiner, an ex-soldier who currently is a filmmaker in Kyiv, predicted winter “would kill more Russian soldiers than Ukraine ever could.” He may have been right.

Winters in Ukraine start wet and cold then get colder and drier. Eastern Ukraine still is in the wet-cold phase—and it’s brutal. Deep mud mires armored vehicles. Daytime temperatures hover around freezing, while nighttime temperates dip closer to zero degrees Fahrenheit.

With preparation, sound leadership and reliable logistics, the conditions are survivable. Soldiers bundle up, sleep in roofed, heated trenches with floors, frequently change their wet socks and eat twice as much as they would on warm days. When they get sick, they evacuate to the rear for rest.

The problem, for the Russian army, is that more and more of its troops are untrained draftees. Officers aren’t leading from the front. And Russian logistics are strained by nonstop Ukrainian bombardment. Starving draftees with no gloves or good boots are huddling in shallow, unheated trenches while their officers squat in abandoned houses potentially miles away, unaware or uncaring as their soldiers succumb to the elements.

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Cold and miserable Russian soldiers.


1 posted on 11/27/2022 6:30:56 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Why dont they just steal some blankets from Ukrainian babies?


2 posted on 11/27/2022 6:34:23 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Timber Rattler

This proves that if Russia had not stolen our nuclear secrets they would be a third world country!!


3 posted on 11/27/2022 6:34:53 AM PST by ontap
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To: Timber Rattler

sorry but like most of what we hear—this is FAKE NEWS.

Russians do not freeze to death.


4 posted on 11/27/2022 6:35:11 AM PST by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: Timber Rattler

First the forget about the mud and then about winter: Russian command staff ... were they trained only with CoD?


5 posted on 11/27/2022 6:35:20 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ontap

All this crap may just be a lie.....


6 posted on 11/27/2022 6:36:26 AM PST by mastertex (mastertex)
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To: Timber Rattler

General Winter works both ways.


7 posted on 11/27/2022 6:37:24 AM PST by ARGLOCKGUY
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To: Timber Rattler

Those goofy Russians. Just like when you posted when they ran out of gas and ammo back in early March, they just forgot they had winter in Russia. The Ukes definitely have the advantage as the Russians have never fought a winter war. What a braying jackass to post this ridiculous nonsense.


8 posted on 11/27/2022 6:39:16 AM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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9 posted on 11/27/2022 6:41:47 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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No such thing as bad weather...just bad clothing choices.


10 posted on 11/27/2022 6:43:29 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Timber Rattler

I seem to recall that the Russian invasion of Finland in WWII failed because the Russians didn’t have adequate cold weather gear. Looks like history is repeating itself.


11 posted on 11/27/2022 6:43:57 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Magnum44

Excellent movie.


12 posted on 11/27/2022 6:43:59 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Timber Rattler

But..but... We are told a winter offensive will destroy Ukraine...


13 posted on 11/27/2022 6:44:01 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Magnum44

Jeez Louise, I thought the subtle shake in that photo was my eyes.


14 posted on 11/27/2022 6:46:36 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Jaysin

They did all the time in the Winter War with Finland in 1939-40. Due to being poorly equipped.


15 posted on 11/27/2022 6:47:19 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Timber Rattler
Cold and miserable Russian soldiers.


16 posted on 11/27/2022 6:47:57 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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Russians do not freeze to death.

Oh yeah?


17 posted on 11/27/2022 6:48:08 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: hardspunned

This generation, on both sides, has not fought a winter war.


18 posted on 11/27/2022 6:50:34 AM PST by Ingtar
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To: Jaysin

Oh ok sure thing


19 posted on 11/27/2022 6:53:01 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Wilderness Conservative
Why dont they just steal some blankets from Ukrainian babies?

They do, but then they're confiscated by the officers.

20 posted on 11/27/2022 7:01:03 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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