Zone1 Amid A Chaotic Call-Up, Some Russian Draftees Are Returning Home In Body Bags. Now Putin Says Mobilization Is Ending.-Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

[peacefan]

Amid A Chaotic Call-Up, Some Russian Draftees Are Returning Home In Body Bags. Now Putin Says Mobilization Is Ending. - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Amid A Chaotic Call-Up, Some Russian Draftees Are Returning Home In Body Bags. Now Putin Says Mobilization Is Ending. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Drafted Russian soldiers are dying with only days of training: report Business Insider Mobilized Russian soldiers dying in droves after going to war with no training New York Post Your Monday Briefing The New York Times Ill-equipped Russian soldiers with only days of training are reportedly dying in combat: 'These guys are just literally cannon fodder' Yahoo News View Full Coverage on Google News

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i'll count this as good news.
and i think i'm not the only one who feels that way.

 

[sparky]

word is, the Ruskies are grabbin' guys off the streets......

~S~

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

More propaganda for the sheep.

"The plan intended to send hundreds of thousands of reservists to the front lines in response to a successful Ukrainian counterattack in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The untrained Russian soldiers, however, clashed with Ukraine’s highly motivated and well-equipped army".

Mobilized Russian soldiers dying in droves after going to war with no training

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military conscription has sent ill-prepared troops into battle with scant equipment.

nypost.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization in a televised address on Wednesday, calling up 300,000 reservists to boost Russia's struggling war effort in Ukraine.

Putin effectively told the world his army is 'losing' in Ukraine by calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists and threatening to use nuclear force

"Any mobilization — partial or whole — seven months into a war means you're losing, not winning," a former US ambassador to NATO told Insider.

www.businessinsider.com

The move immediately called up 300,000 reservists to join the fight. So far, 222,000 reservists have been mobilized, according to Putin.

Ill-equipped Russian soldiers with only days of training are reportedly dying in combat: 'These guys are just literally cannon fodder'

"Half of them are hungover, old, at risk," one observer said of the Russian military recruits, The New York Times reported.

news.yahoo.com

New conscripts undergo a one- to two-month basic training, followed by three-to-six months of advanced training before arriving at their assigned units.[9] Current law precludes conscripts from deploying to combat with less than four months of training; however, martial law or general mobilization could supersede the current policy, allowing for the immediate employment of new conscripts or mobilized reservists.[10] Some of the fall 2021 conscripts are likely already serving in units fighting in Ukraine. The rapid employment of relatively untrained reservists is unlikely to materially increase Russia’s combat power in Ukraine.

Russian Reserve

The Russian reserve has over two million former conscripts and contract servicemen on paper, but few are actively trained or prepared for war.[11] Historically, only 10 percent of reservists receive refresher training after completing their initial term of service.[12] Russia lacks the administrative and financial capacity to train reservists on an ongoing basis. According to a 2019 RAND analysis, Russia only had 4,000 to 5,000 troops in what would be considered an active reserve in the Western sense, meaning soldiers attending regular monthly and annual training.[13] Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has repeatedly stated that the Russian Armed Forces hoped to have 80,000-100,000 active reserve members.[14]

Institute for the Study of War

The Russian military is a hybrid format combining a traditional cadre-and-reserve conscript system and a contract-professional system. While the Russian Army has made efforts to professionalize its ranks, particularly in the last 15 years, it remains

www.understandingwar.org

It clearly states in all articles that there has been a selective mobilization of reservists...e.g. 200-300K

Though not actively trained, they HAVE been trained, so this bullshit about pulling some random guy, with no military experience out of a drunk tank is most likely bunkum.

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