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No uniforms, no tents, no sleeping bags, no uniforms, no training… Russian conscripts left on the front line two days after conscription

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Russian conscripts scene video
A beetle holding a bottle of wine in one hand… “Compulsion orders for AIDS patients”
The Duma representative complains about “where are all 1.5 million military uniforms”
Advance of Russian nuclear trains, possible use of tactical nuclear weapons

After the recent partial mobilization order was issued, conscripted Russian soldiers, not to mention training, were shown on social media and so on, without uniforms, tents, or sleeping bags, in plain clothes, carrying personal bags, and are driven straight to the front. line. In addition, as a member of the Russian National Defense Commission pointed out that 1.5 million uniforms that should have been stored in the warehouse were missing, the poor reality behind the numerical ‘military power’ was revealed.

On the 4th, a video was uploaded on Twitter of a field soldier who was conscripted from Russia. Most of them were not in military uniforms and had no tents or sleeping bags. Another video shows conscripts going to the battlefield with their personal backpacks in clothes that don’t fit or have different patterns. The conscripts said in Russian that they were “delivered to the front line two days after being drafted,” and “were not trained.”

Online, there are cartoons and cartoons that satirize the reality of the Russian army using weapons used during the Second World War and the fact that they could not even go to the battlefield because they had to fight over a pair of trousers even if they were duly bombarded. to inadequate uniforms.

On the 2nd (local time), the independent Russian media ‘Novaya Gazeta’, which has been critical of the war, referred to the local media on the 2nd (local time) and said, “Where have 1.5 million uniforms gone ?Yes,” he said. point out. He lamented, “Now, not only uniform, but also various problems are happening.

Noviya Gazeta reported that after President Vladimir Putin’s “partial evacuation order” on the 21st of last month, people who had never received military training, the sick, and even the elderly were drafted, and ordered for AIDS patients to even be drafted. Videos of the Russian military shockingly holding a bottle of wine or smoking a cigarette in one hand and playfully firing cannons also become a hot topic.

Meanwhile, on the 5th of last month, a court in Moscow granted a request to revoke the license of Novaya Gazeta, which has been critical of the Putin regime for years. In response, Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Novaya Gazeta, opposes the ruling, calling it “political” and “has no legal basis.”

It satirizes the Russian army using military equipment from the Second World War and the Russian army being unable to go into battle due to a lack of uniforms. Tweet
Russian conscripts go to the battlefield with different military uniforms and personal backpacks. Twitter video capture

Meanwhile, the British Daily The Times reported that Russia was showing its readiness to use nuclear weapons, saying that a train from the nuclear equipment department of the Russian Ministry of Defense was caught in central Russia over the weekend, moving towards the Ukrainian front .

Riva, a pro-Russian telegram channel, posted a video of a large freight train carrying new troop transport vehicles and equipment. Tensions are rising over the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons as Russia has been on the defensive recently.

In this regard, former CIA Director David Petraeus said in an interview with ABC, “We will eliminate Russian troops and all ships in the Black Sea from the Ukrainian and Crimean battlefields through joint efforts like NATO. “It is so terrible that it has to be treated, and it is seen that it cannot be ignored without a response,” he predicted.

Reporter Park Se-young