Posted on 04/02/2023 7:49:50 AM PDT by dennisw
Russia has suffered around 200,000 casualties since its invasion of Ukraine
The Ministry of Defence claims a 'minority' are due to non-combat causes A high number of deaths are linked to Russian soldier's alcohol consumption
The UK Ministry of Defence said an 'extremely high' number of Russian troop deaths as a part of the Ukraine war are linked to alcohol abuse.
Russian military forces are injuring themselves as a result of poor handling of weapons and heavy drinking, according to the ministry's morning intelligence update.
Although Russia has suffered around 200,000 casualties since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over a year ago, the briefing said 'a significant minority of these have been due to non-combat causes'.
A Russian Telegram news channel reported on March 28 that there have been 'extremely high' numbers of incidents, crimes, and deaths linked to alcohol consumption amongst the deployed Russian troops.
Other likely causes of non-combat casualties included poor weapon handling drills, road traffic accidents and climatic injuries such as hypothermia
They added: 'However, with heavy drinking pervasive across much of Russian society, it has long been seen as a tacitly accepted part of military life, even on combat operations.'
This follows recent reports that Vladimir Putin's commanders are forcing his conscript soldiers at gunpoint to remain at the frontline using a brutal Stalin tactic.
Soldiers appealed to Putin hoping he will be shocked by their revelations - yet all the evidence is he approves of these 'meat-grinder' tactics.
In a new video where Russian reservist draftees appealed directly to Vladimir Putin, the men said they are given a choice - stay in the frontline and have a slim chance of survival, or retreat and face a bullet in the head - from fellow Russians in Putin's 'retreat-blocking detachments'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That should give the Ukrainians an idea...
Make alcoholic drinks available all along the battle lines where the Russians are sure to attack. Two bottles per Russian soldier. War could end in a matter of days or weeks.
Make sure the bottles are labeled with Putin’s face and a battle cry of ‘Long live Putin’.
Actually no. Casualties means “killed and wounded.”
According to official records, most American casualties in the Civil War were due to diarrhœa. So if disease can be responsible for "casualties," then so can acute alcohol poisoning.
Regards,
Drunk on a battlefield is no way to go through a war son
Putin's mug on the vodka bottles. And call the vodka Uncle Vlad's Best ---- Guaranteed to be Top Shelf!
During their war in Afghanistan, a lot of Soviet equipment used grain alcohol for coolant (in electronics) and hydraulic fluid. Pour it in a helmet, add a handful of raisins, leave it sitting in the sun a few days, then strain it through a loaf of bread, and it’s Martini-o’clock.
So there were endemic equipment availability problems for lack of coolant/hydraulic fluid.
I watched that Russian movie about the women’s Battalion in WWI last night.
The germans did keep the Russians supplied with booze and in return they would not fight.
The movie is good and called both Battalion or original title: Batalion 2015
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4187590/
“!=” means “not equal.”
Never saw that notation before. Is it from computer programming? I usually use ≠ for not equals.
C and Unix C shell.
And in a related story:
"The Chinese Like Eating Rice!"
Film at 11.
Regards,
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