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Mutiny Is Brewing in the Russian Army
Newsweek ^ | Oct 26, 2023 | Brendan Cole

Posted on 10/29/2023 8:24:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Growing numbers of Russian troops are rejecting orders from their superiors as Moscow's forces suffer huge losses in offensives in Ukraine, according to independent Russian news sources.

Russian-language Telegram channel Astra said that every day it gets messages from the families of soldiers who have been detained in occupied regions of Ukraine, as anecdotes abound of a lack of artillery, food, water and poor command.

Reports of growing dissent and localized insubordination, sporadic as they have been so far, are likely to irk the Kremlin, which just months ago was targeted in a full-blown mutiny. It was led by the late Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who masterminded the mercenaries' "March on Moscow".

While the mutiny petered out as quickly as it began, Prigozhin himself was killed in an airplane crash and his troops jailed, sent home or absorbed into the Russian military, fears of a repeat have lingered.

This month, Russia launched an offensive around Avdiivka, the gateway to the city of Donetsk, which has been occupied by Russia and its proxy forces since 2014.

Russian forces have reportedly suffered large losses of troops and equipment during heavy fighting around this part of the front and in neighboring Kupiansk, leading to small-scale revolts and disobedience among Russian troops, the channel said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: 7yearwar; angryrussostooges; atacma; atacms; brendancole; himars; spain
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To: canuck_conservative
What's a "HIMARS"?   
21 posted on 10/29/2023 10:51:53 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

the American system that’s destroying Russian troops, because it has further reach than Russian artillery

that’s why there will be no Russian Victory Parade :(


22 posted on 10/29/2023 10:57:58 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: kiryandil; canuck_conservative
What's a "HIMARS"?

It is a missile made obsolete by Russian counter measures.

23 posted on 10/29/2023 11:04:38 PM PDT by woodpusher
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To: woodpusher

Russia has nothing to counter it


24 posted on 10/29/2023 11:18:18 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: canuck_conservative; woodpusher
Russia has nothing to counter it

Except for the experience that Russia has learned to counter both the HIMARS and the ATACMS...

Galician clown.

25 posted on 10/29/2023 11:22:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: canuck_conservative

"Kneel Before Galician ClownWorld Zod!

I think not.
26 posted on 10/29/2023 11:25:56 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

we love it when you Russian stooges are frustrated and angry, making incoherent replies

yet another subtle sign that Russia must be losing!


27 posted on 10/29/2023 11:27:59 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: canuck_conservative; kiryandil
Russia has nothing to counter it

Ukraine is unable to counter Russian electonnic counter-measures except with teams spewing propaganda.

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/07/06/ukraine-confirms-russian-ews-jam-us-gps-munition-himars-jdams/

Ukraine confirms: Russian EWs jam US GPS munition, HIMARS, JDAMs

By Boyko Nikolov
On Jul 6, 2023

As the Ukraine conflict unfolds, there’s a growing concern among military analysts and experts. The US-made guided weapons supplied to Kyiv are reportedly losing their effectiveness due to Russian electronic jamming, causing a significant shift in battlefield dynamics.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces, which initiated a highly anticipated counteroffensive last month, confirmed these concerns. The once formidable US munitions are falling short in their precision.

In a revealing interview with Financial Times, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov conceded that Russian electronic warfare [EW] systems have managed to dampen the accuracy of GPS-guided munitions and HIMARS MLRS. Despite the inherent precision of these munitions, Russian radio-electronic systems have ingeniously found ways to jam them.

[...]


28 posted on 10/29/2023 11:35:26 PM PDT by woodpusher
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To: woodpusher; canuck_conservative
As the Ukraine conflict unfolds, there’s a growing concern among military analysts and experts. The US-made guided weapons supplied to Kyiv are reportedly losing their effectiveness due to Russian electronic jamming, causing a significant shift in battlefield dynamics.

There's also a significant shift in the adult diaper dynamics of supporters of the Azov Nazis in The Ukraine, like the canuck_conservative, SS Galician Division fanboi.

29 posted on 10/29/2023 11:47:22 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: woodpusher

“bulgarianmilitary.com” is a Russian propaganda & disinformation site


30 posted on 10/29/2023 11:47:26 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: kiryandil

Galicia is somewhere in Spain, right?


31 posted on 10/29/2023 11:49:31 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: canuck_conservative

I often wonder why you’re so angry.


32 posted on 10/29/2023 11:51:42 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: canuck_conservative

33 posted on 10/29/2023 11:55:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

you seem obsessed with these Spanish Nazis and WWII

nobody else cares


34 posted on 10/29/2023 11:58:05 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: canuck_conservative
Galicia is somewhere in Spain, right?

Clueless in Canada.

35 posted on 10/30/2023 12:06:50 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: canuck_conservative; kiryandil

Galicia is somewhere in Spain, right?


“you seem obsessed with these Spanish Nazis and WWII

nobody else cares”


This is the intellectual level you are dealing with.

Forget it kiry, it’s Hunkytown.


36 posted on 10/30/2023 12:08:07 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: canuck_conservative

They’ve been losing since day 1.


37 posted on 10/30/2023 12:12:52 AM PDT by RoboticAspect
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To: MinorityRepublican

This silly claim has been said for 18 months now.


38 posted on 10/30/2023 12:14:54 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: CodeToad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Soviet_Army

I suggest you read that, a rare insight on the mind of cowardly Russian soldier after WW2.


39 posted on 10/30/2023 12:16:21 AM PDT by RoboticAspect
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To: RoboticAspect

Wikipedia is about as reliable as any other liberal source. No thanks. There is a reason it is banned from being a reference for college papers.


40 posted on 10/30/2023 12:36:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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