First post in a long detailed thread about conditions for Russian troops:

[tblue37]

1/ A 34-year-old former Russian paratrooper, Pavel Filatyev, has published a remarkable in-depth account of his experiences of the Ukraine war. He served with the Feodosia-based 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment and fought in southern Ukraine for two months. A summary follows.

Link to tweet

The summary is of a 141-page complaint by an elite Russian paratrooper, who then had to flee Russia for his safety.

[Ray Bruns]

1. I can do it in one word, "clusterfuck"

[yonder]

2. The reasons for the conditions he describes sound a lot like what our repubs would consider ideal:

Lies, Bribes and Grift to benefit the individual in control rather than the well-being and advancement of the group in general.

[moondust]

3. Yes!

It's all about the glorification of the Big Pig who can't get enough adoration, power, and wealth. The "little people" and the "greater good" are insignificant. Eventually civilization collapses.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Are you referring to Russia or Trump?