Posted on 04/02/2023 11:20:10 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
A significant minority of Russia's 200,000 Ukraine War casualties have been due to non-combat causes, with many linked to alcohol abuse, the United Kingdom Defense Ministry assessed in a Sunday morning intelligence update.
The UK Defense Ministry said that Russian sources have indicated a high number of alcohol-linked incidents, crimes and deaths among deployed Russian soldiers.
"Russian commanders likely identify pervasive alcohol abuse as particularly detrimental to combat effectiveness," said the UK Defense Ministry. "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."
Road traffic accidents are another issue leading to the deaths of soldiers, according to the ministry. Last Sunday a convoy of five Z-STS Akhmat armored vehicles crashed on route to Crimea on the Kerch Strait Bridge, the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate reported on Monday. Four out of the five vehicles reportedly required significant repairs.
Deaths linked to accidental firearm deaths have also been afflicting Kremlin forces invading Ukraine. The UK Defense Ministry on Sunday described these as being related to "poor weapon handling drills." Western intelligence services reported failures to properly train those called up for service following the partial mobilization of Russian reservists in September.
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And they buy American bourbon.
Guns and alcohol....always a great combination. 👌
“Guns and alcohol....always a great combination.”
Don’t forget about combat vehicles and heavy machinery.
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1642558995276656641?s=61&t=n_gTIm3p1rXqA9thSKZmYg
A source tells Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) has been killed by a blast in a cafe in St Petersburg where he was giving a talk
https://twitter.com/andrewperpetua/status/1571499124570181635?s=61&t=n_gTIm3p1rXqA9thSKZmYg
Maxim Fomin says Russians should be proud of what they did in the Bucha massacre, because it intimidates Europeans.
Grab some Air Force C-5 Galaxies and drop pallets of booze and hard drugs to Russian positions. We can’t be accused of aiding the Ukrainians if we do that, right?
The first casualty of war is the truth and that’s the casualty I see here.
CANNONBALL !!!
With Wagner jail 🐦 birds hired to mop up NATO, the Russian troops can drink 🍺 all day long 🍺🤤
Sure Snake. You bet.
You sound like an idiotic, messianic cult leader ready to force your followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid.
“The first casualty of war is the truth and that’s the casualty I see here.”
You mean like articles about the war published in TASS?
you trolls will post anything..LOL
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Wagner advances in the Central Bakhmut. Avdiivka operation. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ4X2hRWJ9s
Those issues date back to the old USSR.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Ivan is a one man bureaucratic masterpiece.
While I won’t vouch for its veracity alcoholism and incompetence from Russian soldiers is entirely plausible.
CC
That was from looting, not shopping, the picture is from earlier in the invasion.
After the battle of Kursk, the Germans were retreating, falling back toward Kharkov. The Soviets captured a distillery that had three 50,000 gallon carboys of vodka. Three Soviet armies (about 200,000 men) were stopped dead in their tracks for three days as they emptied the carboys. This gave the Germans time to bring up some badly needed reinforcements. When the Soviet soldiers had more or less sobered up they attacked again suffering massive casualties from the newly arrived German reinforcements. The Soviets eventually took Kharkov but at a much higher price than if they had not spent three days in a drunken stupor.
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