As they prepare to fight in Ukraine, Russian conscripts are in uproar at being treated like “cattle” and receiving “no training.”
In a film, the guys can be seen publicly lamenting their treatment under “brutal, totally horrible circumstances” after Vladimir Putin mobilized them.
The horrifying video is simply the most recent instance of the complete confusion surrounding the call-up of Russian reservists, which has even demoralized Kremlin supporters.
Following their arrival by rail in the Belgorod area, which borders Ukraine, the desperate recruits run the danger of being punished by expressing their rage at their position.
Speaking for the sad guys, one of the troops tells the camera, “There are roughly 500 of us, and we’re all armed. However, we are not assigned to any military organization.
We endured horrible, harsh circumstances for a week. We had nothing at all—no food, no cash.
“We have no idea which military unit or who is heading there.” We are not registered owners of our guns.
No machine gun is registered with a military ID, which is against Russian law.
The cops treat us like livestock, the speaker adds. We are not required, and there is no training.
We consume what we personally purchase. The amount of money we spent on meals alone was horrendous.
The soldier then makes fun of the equipment they were given.
And don’t even get us started on the ammo, he adds. This is the weaponry they have provided for us.
It was discovered on the military unit’s property, laying there.
According to a military source cited by official media RIA Novosti, the guys were not going straight to battle but rather to training and there were no issues.
The source said, “The personnel are assigned to and in possession of the given small guns.”
“Medical staff are part of the team, and the troops are given personalized rations on the way to the training location.”
A senior Putin general and an ex-assistant defense minister are among those who have joined the chorus of dissidents in calling for an end to Russian “lies” about the conflict.
The military leaders in Moscow came under fire from General Andrei Kartapolov for their handling of the conflict.
His outburst is the most recent instance of a violent blame game over Russian losses in the conflict. He is now a member of parliament and chair of the parliamentary defense committee.
He attacked the defense department, which is headed by Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of Vladimir Putin.
Even if the opponents are disregarding the reality that many of the Russian issues are the result of Putin’s poor invasion strategy and his persistent insistence on micromanaging the war, the Kremlin leader is now under intense pressure to fire Shoigu and replace him with a hardliner.
Kartapolov, who has led Putin’s army in Syria as well as Russia’s western military area, whose soldiers are crucial to the Ukrainian battle, stated, “First and foremost, you have to stop lying.”
On the SolvyovLive program with Putin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, the reserve colonel-general said that everyday military communiqués brag of phantom victories.
He launched a scathing assault, claiming that the Soviet people were more knowledgeable even during World War Two.
“[People] need to comprehend,” he stated, “that the situation is severe and our Motherland is under peril since the enemy is on our land, as during World War II via military communiques.”
He charged the defense ministry of fabricating Ukraine’s victories.
We now have an adversary on our territory, he said.
And I’m not even bringing up the recently occupied (Ukrainian territory) area.
“Almost every border settlement in the Belgorod area of [Russia] has been devastated.”
We have Valuyki, a fortified city in Russia, which is always being bombarded.
However, the [area] governor,…Telegram channels, military journalists, and no one else are the sources of our knowledge of this.
The Defence Ministry reports essentially don’t alter their substance, he joked.
“Ten rounds were shot down, fifty target locations were struck, and hundreds of Nazis perished.” That’s all, then.
But he issued a warning: “People know [what is really occurring].”
Roman Starovoyt, the governor of Kursk and a former deputy transport minister under Vladimir Putin, also criticized the ‘absolutely horrible’ mobilization of Russian forces.
I don’t know how a Ministry of Defense active training unit can be in such a state, he remarked.
“A dilapidated canteen, rusted and broken bathrooms, a dearth of mattresses,”
There aren’t enough uniforms, and the parade field seems to have been bombarded.
Alexei Venediktov, a well-known independent journalist, declared: “This mobilization is not heading in the correct direction.
Like the special [military] operation, it shouldn’t be occurring, yet it is.
“People who shouldn’t even be mobilized under this legislation are being [conscripted],” the statement reads.
“This has to be dealt with.”
Because “this mobilization wave touched portion of Putin’s own fans who are upset,” he said, Kremlin propagandists were incensed.
The war and mobilization debacle is receiving increasing criticism from up to now devoted Putinites and military professionals.
Kartapolov’s blitzkrieg is comparable to the remarks made recently on the fall of the Lyman stronghold in Ukraine by another military officer and typically obedient MP, Andrey Gurulev, who declared, “I cannot understand this surrender in military terms.”
It’s certainly a turning point in terms of politics as well as military affairs, particularly at this time.
The issue is a system of deception that propagates positive information while the situation is negative.
This corruption is a top-down phenomenon.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya and a close ally of Putin, is one of the vultures circling and is said to be targeting Shoigu’s position or that of a top military commander.
Putin recently elevated this polygamous father of 14 to the rank of colonel-general in the national guard.
Evidently, the action was a gift for my 46th birthday.
He bragged that “the president personally thanked me,” referring to himself as a devoted Putin “foot soldier.”
“I swear that I will uphold this trust.”
“This is a step forward for me.”
He may be seen in Shoigu’s office early in the conflict giving him advice on how to conduct the fight.
Evidently, he thinks that Putin is now paying attention to him and other opponents of the military policy.
By personally enlisting tens of thousands of “volunteers” to take part in Putin’s battle, he won favor with the Kremlin.
He swore, “We will do everything to complete the unique operation as soon as possible.”
No conflict would be complete without casualties. We are at war.
What are men created for?