Now THAT is funny!!!
Posted on 10/16/2022 8:25:57 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Russian Guards unit in major revolt as Putin faces catastrophic collapse in army morale
Members of the brigade published a video to social media on October 13, in which they complained about suffering from fatigue and a lack of vital military hardware. consented to and to improve our understanding of you.
Vladimir Putin is facing another military revolt, after an army guards unit publicly complained about a lack of critical military equipment and of suffering from exhaustion. The 126th Coastal Defence Brigade is believed to be currently on military duties in the Kherson region. The area has seen intense fighting in recent weeks, as Ukraine's army continues its counteroffensive to retake the province and the port city of Kherson, which is strategically located on the Dnipro River and Black Sea.
The brigade is a detachment of Russia's Black Sea Fleet and was only recently granted the "Guards" honorific.
The award was intended to compensate the unit for the heavy losses it suffered, while unsuccessfully attempting to capture Voznesensk in southrern Ukraine earlier in the campaign.
However, the soldiers appear to be increasingly unhappy with the conditions in which they are having to serve. Members of the brigade published a video to social media on October 13, in which they complained about suffering from fatigue and a lack of vital military hardware.
They said they had been on active duty since the beginning of the war and had not been granted any breaks or rotation. Moreover, they asserted that they were being "crushed" by Ukraine's army and were in desperate need of transport.
The Guardsmen claimed that they had only one BTR (armoured personnel vehicle) for 80 people.
In their public address to Putin, the troops said: "We are soldiers from the 126th brigade.
"Since the first day of the war we have been fulfilling our orders to defend the Crimea and its citizens.
"Ukrainian nationalists are attacking us with artillery, drones and modern weaponry.
"Our mobility is being seriously hampered by a lack of adequate transport.
"We are fighting a modern war and need be able to get around quickly. We have one BTR left for 80 people.
"We are hoping that you will support us."
Chuck Pfarrer, a former US Navy Seal and military analyst, described the public appeal as a "classic case of insubordination and a crime just short of mutiny". Following the publication of the video, the Wagner militia sent the brigade four off-road vehicles in support of their efforts to hold the frontline in the Kherson province.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) saw the move as a play by the group's founder and financier Yegeny Prigozhin, to further undermine the authority and standing of Russia's Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu.
In their Saturday war bulletin, they wrote: "This exchange is noteworthy in light of ISW’s previous assessment that Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is actively attempting to curry favour with Russian President Vladimir Putin and set Wagner Group forces apart from conventional MoD forces.
"The move to donate basic equipment to a detachment of conventional Russian ground forces may be an implicit critique of the MoD’s apparent inability to provide such necessities to its own soldiers."
It comes as UK's Ministry of Defence said that Moscow was unlikely to be able to replenish its diminishing missile stocks.
Last Monday, the Russian President fired some 80 cruise missiles at cities across Ukraine, causing huge devastation, as well as killing and injuring many people.
The MoD said on Sunday: "Russia’s defence industry is probably incapable of producing advanced munitions at the rate they are being expended.
"These attacks represent a further degradation of Russia’s long-range missile stocks, which is likely to constrain their ability to strike the volume of targets they desire in future."
“The Nazi command has deployed Right Sector units to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from retreating from Artemivsk (Bakhmut). Up to 200 Right Sector fighters have been deployed in this direction and have been ordered to stop the retreat of units of the 93rd Army Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14075
If grunts -aren’t- complaining, THAT is when you should be worried. LOL.
But thanks for the morning chuckle... laughed till I had tears in my eyes. And confirmed by the Brits... Thought I’d die laughing...Scared my own dog LOL.
“I report on Kherson:
At the end of the day, the enemy failed to break through the defense in the direction of Dudchany - Mylovoye.
The enemy got into a fire bag, approximately two battalions with tank support were scattered during the active work of artillery and aviation.
About 15 tanks and 20 other armored personnel carriers were destroyed, the loss of personnel is being clarified.
Excellent coordinated work of infantry, artillery and units of the SPN of the Russian Federation.”
https://t.me/azmilitary11/25369
“Since the evening of October 14, the Ukrainian army has been trying to break through the positions of the Russian Armed Forces from the area of Davydov Brod, Kostromka and Dudchan in the Kherson region. After a nighttime artillery strike, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack early in the morning on October 15, but were driven back.
The 140th Regiment of Special Operations of Ukraine suffered heavy losses when trying to reconnoiter the positions of the RF Armed Forces. Also, three motorized rifle brigades, reinforced by a tank battalion, were sent to break through by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The infantry and tanks of Ukraine tried to attack under the fire of the Hyacinth-B guns and the Smerch MLRS. At the same time, the air defense positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ZelenyGay, Novogrednevo and Murakhovka were hit by Geran-2 and Lancet drones in the morning.
The attack cost the Ukrainian army at least 120 people killed. Approximately 15 YPR-765PRI and BMP-2 armored vehicles were destroyed, as well as at least four T-64BV tanks.
By the middle of the day on October 15, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got bogged down in the attack and are trying to retreat to their original positions, on which the Su-25 and Su-34 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces began to work.”
https://t.me/intelslava/39258
“Grunts never complain”
In the article, that is exactly what the former seal said:”classic case of insubordination and a crime just short of mutiny”
“Chuck Pfarrer, a former US Navy Seal and military analyst, described the public appeal as a “classic case of insubordination and a crime just short of mutiny”. Following the publication of the video, the Wagner militia sent the brigade four off-road vehicles in support of their efforts to hold the frontline in the Kherson province.”
Huh?!
Regards,
This is a video sourced through pro Russian social media, apparently through a Wagner group affiliate. I saw this on Youtube yesterday. This story on the Express site is just a repeat.
If you want to post pro-Russian items then do that. Nothings stopping you.
And of course you are just shooting the messenger, as usual.
Army revolts are cured by lead applied at high velocity.
Therefore, they are very rare.
“Elon Musk placed temporarily on notorious Ukrainian kill list”
Now that’s gratitude.
Stop it! You’re killing me LOL... “confirmed by a SEAL”. Snicker... But seriously, if “Chuck Pfarrer” says so, well by cracky, that’s that!
My poor dog. LOL
Oh dear god... Tip you waitresses, she’ll be here all week! LOL
The British media has been printing essentially this same story every day for 6 months.
One morning I was in my 1stSgt's office bitching about something and he said, Sgt (insert my name here) I'm so happy to see you in here pissing and moaning. When you stop, I'll be worried.
that is exactly what the former seal said:”classic case of insubordination and a crime just short of mutiny”
Pinch your nose when you say that and it’ll come out just right. Lemme guess, Chuckie Pfarrer was Officer, right?
You never when an FR story is gonna hit your funny bone. LOL
Now THAT is funny!!!
EVERY EXPRESS UK article is anti-Russia.
With no verifiable sources. And not one report how many Ukrainian soldiers are dead and that there is a shortage of local fighters.
This thing is different. Soldiers complain, but very rarely over the heads of their officers directly to the global public, during ongoing operations.
And mercenary companies dont use this stuff as PR ammo in a power struggle with their army command. The Russian state and army are special.
Yes, and we are free to call this out as B.S. on this FR site, also.
These glorious Ukraine victory celebrations are nothing but pure propaganda.
If the U.S. was not funding its proxy war in Ukraine with billions of U.S. dollars, Ukraine would be finished as a country in days.
We are propping up one of the world’s most corrupt countries with mountains of U.S. taxpayer dollars. It has no strategic value to the American people, Russia has NOT attacked the U.S. and events in Ukraine are absolutely none of America’s business.
Congress would not pump this kind of money into ANY of our 50 U.S. states. primarily because none of our states are gigantic money laundering operations for crooked American politicians (of BOTH major parties) as is Ukraine.
Yessir! This Revmom story flat cracked me up. If there is an acid tongued and mean than an underfed, chilly grunt in the field, I sure hope I never meet it!
The Chinese have duly noted the state of the Russian army. Russia simply cannot defend its rich underpopulated Asian Pacific territories or Siberia without nuclear weapons.
exactly. Always “mass soldiers resigning”. You’d think after months of this nonsense, Russia would have retreated by now.
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