Posted on 12/18/2022 5:45:59 AM PST by lump in the melting pot
Russia says it will deploy musicians to the front lines of its war in Ukraine in a bid to boost morale.
The defence ministry announced the formation of the "front-line creative brigade" this week, saying it would include both vocalists and musicians.
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But they questioned whether the new brigade would actually distract troops, who have been primarily concerned about "very high casualty rates, poor leadership, pay problems, lack of equipment and ammunition, and lack of clarity about the war's objectives".
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The new unit will be tasked with maintaining "a high moral, political and psychological state [among] the participants of the special military operation," the outlet cited the defence ministry as saying.
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The US and every western nation has done the same since time immemorial. This is just another sad propaganda rant. Nice to be claiming that sending troops food packages is a desperate attempt at. Posting moral.
Can’t wait to see videos of the band with their marching drums and trumpets getting mowed down after yet another suicide run on some random Ukrainian village.
Next russia will start dropping bottles of vodka behind enemy lines to motivate it’s army to move forward instead of back.
Joey Heatherton certainly raised morale among other things in Vietnam.
I wonder if we could send a lot of our leftist musicians there. A crying shame if we can’t.
During WWII didn’t the Russians have men behind the lines whose job it was to shoot any soldier who wasn’t fighting bravely enough?
Kind of like the USO entertainers in Vietnam.
They have those in this war as well. “Barricade units” (to keep front-line soldiers from turning around and fleeing). Chechens.
It seems he is no longer amongst us?
Old ploy previously played(no pun intended) by horse faced secretary of state and james taylor
Lump you are deranged. Your.next post will be “Desperste to improve morale Russia will allow troops leave from the war to visit family!”
How about this Russian band-Rusnia again records songs about weapons and threatens the USA with a nuclear strike
Say it ain’t so! Cranky got fragged? Where will I get my daily dose of unhinged fascist vitriol, my glimpse into an alternate reality where russia knows what it’s doing and is the good guy, my reminder not to do heavy drugs?
Ah well, I’m sure he’ll pop up shortly under another name; that dopamine rush of rubles clinking into his troll-farm account is too strong to keep him away. Just as Bernoulli “recognised the lion [Newton] by his claw”, we will spot cranky’s new persona by its psychosis.
Putin needs his empire. Russian soldiers only allowed to go home as cargo 200.
Moral has already been taken care of by vodka. Vodka is cheap and easily purchased from the locals from whom the troops are also purchasing food
Can we donate The Dixie Chicks?
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