Russia forced to redeploy depleted units as invasion faces further issues
The Russian military has redeployed "depleted and disparate units" from across Ukraine in an effort to maintain its Donbas activities, The British Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
"Shortcomings in Russian tactical coordination remain," the report said. "A lack of unit-level skills and inconsistent air support have left Russia unable to fully leverage its combat mass despite localized improvements."
The units, which previously operated in north-east Ukraine as part of the siege on Kyiv, are "likely suffering from weakened morale," the ministry said.
Posted by Peter Aitken
@mystery-ak We can only imagine the effect this is having on the moral of the typical Russian soldier. Yeah,they may have gotten their asses handed to them when THEY attacked,but were no doubt told by their leadership that "This was a fluke. We didn't know the enemy was reinforced there,or that they had been supplies with western weapons,etc,etc,etc."
Kinda hard to keep THAT lie going once you start putting two or even 3 different units together to get enough manpower to fill out ONE unit.
These soldiers WILL talk to each other and it won't take them long to figure out they have been lied to and are being used as cannon fodder because the Politburo/Putin don't want to be embarrassed.
I know the Russians will be reading all the letters they write home and tossing any away that are in any way critical of the war or it's leadership,but the word WILL filter back to the families via wounded soldiers being sent back to Russia,as well as by those who provide the medical care and transportation.
Granted,the Russians will NOT get to see these reports on the tv news or in the newspapers,but that's not going to stop the Russians from telling their relatives and friends about it.
This invasion HAS to be one of the worse mistakes made by any national leaders in the last 100 years. Putin and company are in it now,and don't know how to get out of it and keep their power. Sooner or later they are going to have to start cracking down "Soviet Style" on their civilians in order to try to maintain power,and we all know where that will lead.
Face it,unlike earlier times when WW-2 and the German invasion of Russia was a personal thing to everybody living in Russia,there just isn't any way the Russian leadership can "sell" this to anybody as an unprovoked attack on Holy Mother Russia.
I would LIKE to think that Putin and the rest of the leadership can be convinced to step down peacefully,but given the "macho" that seems to be a built-in feature of Russians,I just don't see that happening.
It's gonna get ugly before it gets better.
I just hope nobody in a leadership position in Europe decides to send in their military to help the Russians remove the leadership. That would be THE worse possible thing that could happen. Let the Russians take out there own trash,and then offer to help them reestablish a peaceful society and government.
