Posted on 01/02/2025 7:40:05 AM PST by JonPreston
About 1,700 soldiers from a Ukrainian unit equipped by the West and trained in France went AWOL before a shot was even fired.
At least 50 members of the new 155th mechanised brigade, one of the few to operate the Leopard 2 battle tank, disappeared while elements of the unit were being drilled in France.
The mass exodus came before the brigade was deployed to Pokrovsk, the key logistics hub anchoring Ukraine’s defence against Russian advances in the eastern Donetsk region.
Entering the battle in recent days, it suffered heavy losses, reportedly including some of its tanks and armoured vehicles.
It prompted the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations to investigate the seemingly shambolic formation of the 155th.
The brigade, also known as Anne of Kyiv, was meant to have more than 5,800 troops and be equipped with some of the best equipment, including Leopard tanks and French Caesar 155mm howitzers.
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, and Emmanuel Macron, his French counterpart, announced the $900 billion (£747 billion) project to much fanfare at an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in June last year.
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I thought this was The Bee!
50 is not that bad.
This is from some time back...yes?? I seem to recall...they took the weapons and ran....
Rational
French rifles for sale, slightly used, dropped twice
Let the French train all the allied troops and the war will end quickly.
I wish them luck and I agree with them completely.
That’s exactly what I’d expect from soldiers trained by the French.
The French! lol
Once again, the Euros can’t get the colonials to die for some designated country/target.
“trained in France...”
I think I found the problem
Cheese-eating surrender monkskis..
hahahaha
Perhaps that particular Uk unit lacked enough Nazis to be properly motivated.
The number of deserters was 1,700 which is a huge number. The Ukraine is dead and has evolved into a concentration camp grinding up Ukrainians for dollars.
“billion”
Missed it by nearly a thousand-fold, Chief.
Drivel
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