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Jilly_in_VA

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Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:00 PM Jun 2022

Even Army Heads Shocked by Putin's 'F*cking Imbecile' Troops

Even Russian military leadership was shocked to learn of the mayhem and dysfunction among Vladimir Putin’s troops in occupied eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

In a five-minute recording shared by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Thursday, a man identified as a fighter in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic can be heard complaining to his wife that “Russians are fucking imbeciles” and revealing that his fellow fighters raped and murdered civilians.

No details were provided on when the phone call was said to have taken place, or where exactly in Donetsk the man was based.

“Basically, today our guys went to the Russian headquarters,” said the man, who was not identified by name. “They are not aware that there are so few of us here... They all think that we’re professionals, that we’ve been fighting since 2014 and we’re already experts, that we’re badass fucking warriors,” he said.

“They raised the question about us not having a rotation, and not having weapons, nothing,” he went on. “Basically, they promised that within three days, some fucking Russian bogeys will come... they promised to change us out, the generals didn’t even know what kind of situation we had here,” he added, complaining that “we are almost down 50 fucking percent.”

The fighter recalled an incident where he said a group of Russian troops were sent to back up their fellow Russians, but then both sides “started to shell the fuck out of each other, Russians with fucking Russians, they fucking killed each other.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-russian-leadership-shocked-by-infighting-and-chaos-among-putins-troops?ref=home

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Even Army Heads Shocked by Putin's 'F*cking Imbecile' Troops (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 OP
Allow me to give my clinical assessment... Frostlight Jun 2022 #1
When you can't rally your people to fight for their country, Baked Potato Jun 2022 #2
Baloney. They look disciplined and sharp to me. usonian Jun 2022 #3
Aren't they conscripted troops? Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #4

Baitball Blogger

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4. Aren't they conscripted troops?
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:58 PM
Jul 2022

When do they ever do well, in any army, if the cause isn't clearly defined? Russia has a special problem because the training was poor, and the equipment is inadequate.

Why is anyone surprised?

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