Posted on 10/17/2022 5:10:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two draftees opened fire at a Russian military training ground near the Ukraine border, killing 11 and wounding 15. The shootings happened during a live-fire training exercise. The trainees opened fire with small arms before they were fatally shot.
The Russians say it was a terrorist attack. The two recruits were from one of the Commonwealth of the Independent States of former Soviet republics. Other than that, TASS has been close-mouthed about the suspects.
No motive for the attack was immediately given, although some ethnic minorities have become extremely resentful of Moscow because they believe the draft is falling disproportionately on their shoulders.
Resistance against the mobilization has become violent at times, with recruitment centers coming under attack. Last month, a Russian man opened fire at a military-recruiting station in Siberia, critically wounding its commander, hours after another man rammed a car into the entrance of a different recruitment center and then set it afire with Molotov cocktails.
The mobilization order has exposed resentment in Russia’s far-flung poorer regions which have been targets of recruitment drives and provided many of the front-line soldiers for the war, now in its eighth month.
Putin says the mobilization of 300,000 troops will be completed in two weeks and that 16,000 are already “performing combat missions.” I’m sure they make splendid targets for Ukrainian sharpshooters.
Kherson region: Newly mobilized Russian soldiers shot their commander, took all the weapons and surrended. Great example to follow for those who don't want to come back home in a black plastic bag…
pic.twitter.com/xCVP3QUbgh— Giuseppe Menefrego (@menefr1) October 13, 2022
The Russian president’s claims about the number of draftees are probably a little exaggerated.
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Fragging will become a way of life for the Russian Military.
The world needs that One Leader who can unify everybody.
They are begging for him.
They misspelled muslim infiltrators.
Sounds even less than the average shootings in Chicago every weekend.
Do you think it will only be in Russia’s military. Western armies are busy importing mohomeddans into the ranks. Fort Hood type attacks will increase in frequency. Political correctness will call them work place incidents. Nothing will be done to eject followers of pedo Mo from the ranks.
Just another incident in the long and troubled history of Russia and it’s ethnic minorities. Of course, 11 dead is just a down payment given Soviet actions back in the day.
I’ll take Chechnya for $200, Alex.
Update for Russian Ops vs. Ukraine for October 17, 2022
- Russian forces are closing in on Bakhmut city - with even the Western media noting the inevitability of Russia’s victory there;
- Ukrainian offensives are grinding to a halt - whatever additional gains they make will be temporary and inevitably reversed as Russia prepares what appears to be a major offensive of its own;
- Western media is depending heavily on propaganda to paper over severe weapon and ammunition shortages in Ukraine and the implications it has on Kiev’s fighting capacity;
- The US is lashing out with an increasingly desperate tone as nations around the globe refuse to subordinate themselves and their nation’s interests to US foreign policy objectives - India being among them;
Either they didn’t like the food....or their boots didn’t fit.
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