Posted on 12/05/2023 12:17:01 PM PST by Kazan
As the Russia-Ukraine war nears its second year, each country's military is facing new struggles.
According to one Ukrainian soldier, there simply aren't enough trained troops on the frontlines right now, Knewz.com has learned.
An unidentified Ukraine soldier told the BBC that some troops helping defend Ukrainian advances on the Dnipro river are incredibly inexperienced.
"Several brigades were supposed to be posted here, not individual companies — we just don't have enough men," the anonymous soldier said after spending weeks on the Russian-occupied side of the river. "There are a lot of young guys among us. We need people, but trained people, not the green ones we have there now."
He explained that some soldiers spent "just three weeks in training" and some have "only managed to shoot a few times."
"It's a total nightmare. A year ago, I wouldn't have said that, but now, sorry, I'm fed up," he stated.
"Everyone who wanted to volunteer for war came a long time ago - it's too hard now to tempt people with money. Now we're getting those who didn't manage to escape the draft. You'll laugh at this, but some of our marines can't even swim."
The ineptness of some Ukrainian troops comes at a time when further funding from the United States is in jeopardy.
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young warned in a letter to Congressional leaders on Monday, December 4 that the White House will run out of money to provide weapons for Ukraine if those on Capitol Hill don't act by the end of the year.
“I want to be clear: without congressional action, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for Ukraine and to provide equipment from U.S. military stocks. There is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment. We are out of money — and nearly out of time,” Young wrote, according to The Hill.
“We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight. This isn’t a next year problem,” she added. “The time to help a democratic Ukraine fight against Russian aggression is right now. It is time for Congress to act.”
The unidentified soldier also told BBC News that some troops are running out of basic supplies while in the battlefield.
"Supplies were the weakest link. The Russians monitored our supply lines, so it became more difficult - there was a real lack of drinking water, despite our deliveries by boat and drone," he said.
"We paid for a lot of our own kit - buying generators, power banks and warm clothes ourselves. Now the frosts are coming, things will only get worse — the real situation is being hushed up, so no one will change anything."
"No one knows the goals. Many believe that the command simply abandoned us. The guys believe that our presence had more political than military significance. But we just did our job and didn't get into strategy."
Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the world should be prepared for "bad news" in Ukraine.
“Wars develop in phases. We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times. We should also be prepared for bad news,” Stoltenberg told German broadcaster ARD on December 2, Politico reported.
“The more we support the Ukraine, the faster the war will end,” he said.
As for Russia, president Vladimir Putin signed a decree to bolster the ranks of Russian troops by 15%.
Knewz reported on December 2 that a statement was posted on the Kremlin website: “The increase in the full-time strength of the army is due to growing threats to our country linked with the special military operation and the continuing expansion of NATO.”
The site noted that the percentage would translate to 170,000 additional servicemen and that the Kremlin would not use conscription or mobilization drives to achieve this goal.
“The increase in the number of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is being implemented in stages, based on citizens who express a desire to undergo military service under a contract,” said the statement.
The news came a week after wives and other relatives of Russian soldiers aired their grievances against Putin's government on social media.
It claimed the Kremlin has not fulfilled promises and betrayed citizens by leaving soldiers in action beyond a “partial mobilization.”
Ha. Always a loophole.
“NATO hoped to degrade Russia”
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NATO was emboldened and bought into the Biden regime’s sanctions “strategy” which was supposed to bring Russia to its knees. How’d that work out? You don’t hear much about sanctions anymore.
Not really. The sanctions were always weak Democrat CYA and filled with loopholes. Biden’s favorite Moscow Oligarch bag woman and old Putin associate Elena Baturina has still not been sanctioned to this day.
We must not forget it was POTUS Trump who sanctioned the Nordstream2 and enraged German socialists and Putin. He put significant sanctions on Russia and Putin owned Biden lifted them.
Regarding previous post:
This is what genocide looks like. Invading Russian Nazis erase entire Ukrainian cities and kill any Ukrainians who oppose them.
Wellll Joe Dimwit...will just ship them another $4000 million..and 10% for the “big guy”.....
I see. When do you project there will be another coup against Putin’s fascist regime in Russia?
“The sanctions were always weak”
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But that’s not how the Biden administration portrayed them. They were being touted as powerful deterrents that would thwart Russian aggression.
While I respect the yearning to be free the sad truth is that most Ukes are one generation from being Russian anyway. When Russia takes over there will be a period of adjustment and then things will go back to normal.
War is good for arms and munition makers but all of our tax money will make no difference. We could have dumped our money down the crapper - same effect.
They never had enough men and they’ve lost most of what they had. That’s why they always want big weapons. They don’t need rifles, there’s no one left to arm.
Agreed on both counts.
Send in the women and the trans
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Only half correct. Sending woman yes, and now 17 year olds. Mercouris reports a 17 year old “ recruited” from the Ukie orphanages has been killed on the front. The Ukrainian obituary can be found on non- western corrupted Media.
…So now we have “ Zelensky’s Youth”, aka “ Hitler Youth”….the Ukie Banderites are still alive and well.
Maybe he got told things only get worse when he talks.
“This is what genocide looks like. Invading Russian Nazis erase entire Ukrainian cities and kill any Ukrainians who oppose them.”
This is why you never listen to the US/Europe when they say they will save you.
What now: they want us to send them water wings?
“... and Putin owned Biden lifted them....”
I don’t think Putin owns Biden, I think he just leased him from the Chinese.
Don’t forget Megan C. must donate $100 to Free Republic if Russia hasn’t withdrawn “from the occupied territories by February 29, 2024.”
They are crazy enough to want our troops sent to Ukraine to die.
Um, you have it ass backward. It was the Russians that de-Nazified Ukraine.
Actually, it’s been the Ukrainian military that has been targeting its own citizens or former citizens since 2014, the ones that were ethnically Russians and refused to go along with the 2014 coup WE fomented.
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