[ColonelCassad] The All-Russian ataman condemned the passivity of the Cossack commanders, who avoid fulfilling their main mission.
| Could it be that they don’t want to die fighting against their Ukrainian cousins in an ill-advised war? |
At the meeting, the topic of regular military training was raised, at which combat skills should be improved. Doluda expressed indignation at the fact that the atamans could not bring a satisfactory number of Cossacks to the training grounds, as well as their unwillingness to fulfill the role of "defenders of the Russian land" assigned to them.
According to him, the avoidance of the mission that the Cossacks should initially adhere to casts doubt on the meaning of its revival, which began in the 90s of the 20th century.
“Today, when blood is shed for the independence of Donbass and the sovereignty of Russia, the place of the Cossack is on the battlefields, next to our Cossack brothers, volunteers, in the same ranks with the Cossacks of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics, with the military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces! <...> The honor of every Cossack society is to have its own volunteer detachment on the battlefields of Donbass!” Doluda said.
| What about the Cossacks in the rest of the Ukraine, heart of the historical Cossack range, as Kiev is the heart of the Rus? |
The number of various festivals has also increased. So, soon after Doluda's condemning speech, the Volga Flash festival will open in the Ulyanovsk region with festivities, dance and singing performances and various competitions.
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Commentary below by Russian military Journalist Boris Rozhin:
Wrote on this topic in the spring. Some fans of the Cossacks then stated that this was a shameless assault and the Cossacks were fighting. Yes, a certain part is fighting, but obviously not on the scale that was expected, given the government spending to support the Cossacks. Well, for those whom my then criticism did not triple, the Cossack ataman pronounces the same thing.
I repeat, to those who are at war, there have never been and never have been questions. There are really heroic men there, starting with the Platov regiment. But in various mummers and role players, for whom the state has allocated significant funds for a long time, there really are questions and they are already being asked by the Cossacks themselves.