Posted on 06/02/2024 2:14:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As Ukraine prepares to mobilize tens of thousands of men to address a critical shortage of soldiers amid intensified Russian attacks, Ukrainian commanders in the field say they are bracing for most of the new troops to arrive with poor training.
Ukrainian commanders have long griped about lackluster preparation for recruits at training centers. But with Russia on the offensive, the persistent complaints are a reminder that a newly adopted mobilization law intended to widen the pool of draft-eligible men is just one step in solving the military’s personnel problems.
An influx of conscripts under the new law is still months away. In the meantime, commanders are redeploying soldiers from rear positions to fighting units near the front. President Volodymyr Zelensky last month also signed a law to allow some prison inmates to join the military in exchange for a chance of parole — copying a Russian tactic that provided thousands more fighters but is also releasing violent criminals back into society.
Wherever the new soldiers come from, Ukrainian field commanders said that because training is so deficient, they must often devote weeks to teaching them basic skills, such as how to shoot.
“We had guys that didn’t even know how to disassemble and assemble a gun,” said a 28-year-old deputy battalion commander from the 93d Mechanized Brigade, whom The Washington Post agreed to identify by his call sign, Schmidt, according to Ukrainian military protocol.
Schmidt said that he spent the first week with soldiers transferred from rear posts just making sure each one fire at least one box of bullets — some 1,500 shots — daily before moving on to more complex tasks. Within weeks, these soldiers could be fighting near the embattled town of Chasiv Yar, where Russian forces have been making advances.
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“his call sign, Schmidt,”
German?
Up to 60yrs old, they grab you right off the street. Trained for a few days and sent to the fron’t. Very sad! Of course the western media is all over the story...
I’ve seen lots of armor and artillery being destroyed. Can you get a new Uke tanker or artillery man trained in a week or two?
It doesn’t take much training to be cannon fodder.
We need more money so we can train them in diversity, and gender studies.
More fallout from China. In their public announcement to support Russia for Justice... they have now announced they STOP TAIWANS INDEPENDENCE BY FORCE.
Looks like the Biden Administrations May Asian Foreign Diplomacy blitz has backfired - the woke and facist leanings of this administration are being met by massive world opposition.
Even Thailand has asked to join Brics now, and the numbers of countries awaiting entrance are now over 50. In Thailand, you can exchange the smallest amount of gold for currency almost any jewerly shop - it is a poor man’s banking system. Maybe Brics Gold Currency is the main draw as psychological store of value over the Western Fiat.
The reasons cited again are the uncertainty surrounding US Switf, Sanctions, and the failing USD.
Way to go Biden and Admin - you have pushed the G7 to steal Russian assets in the West and now you are seeing nations move into the other half of the world’s economic and financial sphere led by Brazil, Russia, India, China & S. Africa....
Trust is dead.
Just wait until our guys and gals get in it and need to go toe to toe with Russians and Chinese marines. All woke stuff will be forgotten after a few weeks in the trenches in Poland and Taiwan
There are many estimates coming from both sides and the estimated troops strength of Ukraine is 250,000 combat able soldiers - is dropping over a thousand a day. Total Uke active military is 400,000 in various capacities. Russia has 500,000 in the special operation, with 300,000 being prepared to put Kiev in the Buffer Zone against Western provided munitions. Biden’s ability to F-things up is unsurpassed by only Obama who is pulling the puppets strings.
Oh no, please don’t give them more, crazy ideas.
All that woke stuff is degrading the combat support units. Soldiers are unable to maintian the equipment they were recruited and trained to maintain. The DNC’s indoctrination of kids K-16 has reached the point they are functional idiots incapable of figuring things out or even working with other people in authority without causing EEO (equal opportunity/Union/HR) problems for everyone involved.
The US can ill afford to go to war with what is left of the Army before the past 40 months of Lloyd Austin’s SecDef Racism.
Meanwhile at WPAFB, the roads have been moved in the past few months to reroute traffic so you can’t get near the base. The Dayton area has had more trains loaded with tanks and military equipment than at any time in the past 80 years. Something is up. Maybe Biden is going to declare martial law, or maybe the USAF is airlifting vehicles to Ukraine in a desperate bid to keep wheels turning.
The lights are nearly out. It’s bedtime for the woke. If they go to Ukraine they will get a dirt nap.
This country and NATO getting involved in a hot war with Russia risks WW III and nuclear war would be an act of insanity.
Exactly. Zelensky wants them dead, not winning.
In the Ukraine, it’s just cowboys vs indians.
IOW cannon fodder.
Doubtful that Helen sky wants Russia to win as it would mean Helen sky getting a lot sentence in front of a Russian army firing squad as the Russians are prone to do.
Agreed, and the muscovites are doing a fine job training their recruits from Africa, Napal and eastern nether regions of the federation.
The latest muskovite offensive “definitely “ shows advanced training/s
Zelensky is going to end up in Mediterranean resort or killed by Seal Team 6, depending on how much of a loose end he is.
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