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."
“If I were the Russians, I’d be glad there’s only one BTR. “ sorry can’t join the assault today. Our BTR is in the shop for maintenance. “”
Grunt wisdom there...
And it’s universal, except maybe Japs in WWII.
Limiting social media would have been a major distraction back when I was a Platoon Leader, though.
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“Army revolts are cured by lead applied at high velocity.
Therefore, they are very rare.”
However, it appears these Russian forces are in the field so probably more fearless. And, their video did get results, “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.”
Oh yeah, never over the heads of their officers, directly to the public. Like Captains of aircraft carriers writing open letters against the commander in chief. Like the dozens of times it’s happened here.
But keep banging that drum! You guys crack me up. So blinded by your loyalty to the Ukraine/DC reich that you desperately cling to every bit of Brit propaganda.
Is it an issue?
I mean geez, the entire Western/US/EU/UK/NATO propaganda ridden media is reporting from a pro-Ukrainian perspective.
Should not other perspectives be given or allowed especially when some of those outside perspectives are reporting information one will NOT see reported or get from the Western/US/EU/UK/NATO propaganda ridden media?
Problem with most of you is dishonesty. Russian “propaganda” does not get through here and it is on purpose because it has been shut off in the west. Funny, that is what Soviets did.
Most would be okay if there were honest assessments from both sides. But there aren’t. Just over the top and untrue or exaggerated nonsense that actually is more harmful to a cause than helpful unless you want to fool people into the taking of more of their hard earned money for a cause that isn’t their own. You just lie and continue to try and fool them that the misuse of their money is justified..
By the way, this messenger has been playing pranks in peoples FReepmail and has been called out for it more than once. Also if I remember right, was called out for her Facebook propaganda group a while back.. This media source is far left UK, so yes, it is not a trusted source.
Many people, particularly people who actually seek the truth, have built in BS meters that don’t take well to obvious propaganda and manipulation..
“Don’t like my posts?”
I didn’t see your posts, just comments. Can you share their link please?
“Trouble in hell.”
Sure appears to be. This whole “Special Military Operation” invasion is such a sad, evil thing with needless bloodshed for both Russian/Ukrainian military and civilians..
One of the weaker Orc brigades in the eastern portion of the Kherson region - they need the 7th AD and 95th AD to prop them up, else they would have been overrun weeks ago.
Looks like one of those strategic retreats Russia is using in Ukraine.
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It is so awful that all far left media sources are peddled on this site as truths about what is happening. You see very few using any sources from the right that are not RINO neocon oriented. People her are unable to the association between the Biden left and its media and this Ukraine drain.
I think this has made many people tune out here because if these sources lied before, they are still lying now.
No way will I accept WaPoo, NYT, MSN. Reuters, the express as source that print the truth.
Yes. I saw your comment, but not an article you might have posted.
BTR is a magnet for all kinds of munitions and about as safe as paper
I didn’t say I posted an article. Why is your reading comprehension so poor?
Just information for the reader or viewer. Information I am sure you would want everyone to know.
Just as you have likewise made all of us well aware of the information concerning the utter lopsided pro-Ukrainian nature of the Western/US/UK/EU/NATO media - you know, that “information I am sure you would want everyone to know”?
Not.
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