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| Ukrainian Soldiers detained after an interview with their commander about the plight of the army |
| 2022-05-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] In Ukraine , militants from a territorial defense unit were detained and charged with desertion, the commander of which complained about the lack of training and weapons, writes the Washington Post. The American edition published an article with the story of two Ukrainians - company commander Sergei Lapko and platoon commander Vitaly Khrus - about the plight at the front. The material notes that a few hours after the interview, SBU officers arrived at the hotel where the interlocutors of the journalists were and arrested some of the company’s fighters. Apart from rifles and hand grenades, all they got was a handful of hand grenade launchers to counter the well-equipped Russian forces, the Teroboronians themselves said. At the same time, the Ukrainians were not explained how to use the issued RPGs. "We didn't have normal training," company commander Sergei Lapko quoted the publication as saying. According to his colleague, there are about four RPGs for 15 people. Interlocutors of the Washington Post from the defense of Ukraine said that most of the deaths in the unit were caused by the inability to quickly deliver the wounded to the hospital, since two cars that their company was supposed to receive did not reach the unit and are used at headquarters. Fighters have to wait up to 12 hours to send the wounded to the hospital in Lisichansk , 24 kilometers away. In total, during the hostilities, out of 120 people, 54 remained in the company, the article says. Earlier, the Ukrainian online edition "Strana.ua" reported a series of riots among the fighters of the territorial defense of Ukraine due to the sending of their units to the front line without adequate training. Thus, servicemen from the 101st and 115th Brigades recorded video messages to the command and authorities of the country, declaring their refusal to perform combat missions and inadequate training and equipment of the units. The publication also reported on conflicts between the commanders of the defense and relatives of soldiers, outraged by the state of affairs in the troops. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Biden is escalating Actually, he's just bullshitting, as usual. US support is declining, not increasing. Of the $15B slated for weapons in the recent authorization, only $6B will actually go to the Ukrainians. $9B is actually going to replenish the depleted US arsenal -- depleted by earlier shipments to Ukraine that merely bought the Ukrainians a few extra weeks. The amount supplied is therefore decreasing, from $9B previously to $6B now. Also, EU Foreign Affairs head Josep Burrell recently said, "the European armies couldn't maintain a war like the one in Ukraine for more than two weeks. They'll run out of ammunition." They're depleted, and the US arsenal is being depleted as well. Wonder how much of the $6B will end up in Russian hands... |
| Posted by: Oye Como Va 2022-05-28 13:29 |
| #5 ^ These recruits may have been Verizon retail sales reps a few weeks ago. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2022-05-28 09:13 |
| #4 How hard could it be to figure out how to use an RPG? Cavemen in Afghanistan have been using them for years now. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-05-28 09:09 |
| #3 Bad neighborhood, take the by-pass. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-28 07:29 |
| #2 Putin can end the war any time. Why the attention on Biden? The US isn't a party to the conflict. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-05-28 05:07 |
| #1 This is why Kissinger and The NY Times' ghost writers inside the intel community are urging a cease fire and peace talks. The truth on the battlefield is that the Ukrainians are desperate. They've lost so many of their elite, savage fighters (like Azov) and the NATO-trained troops that now the replacements are press-ganged "volunteers," sent with next to no training and scarcely any ammo to the Donbas killing fields. They're cannon fodder and they know it. The humane and prudent course of action is to call for an immediate cease-fire and stop the slaughter. Instead, Biden is escalating and prolonging the slaughter. Madness. |
| Posted by: Billy Budd 2022-05-28 00:14 |