Conscripts.

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More tales of woe the Ukraine Conflict.

Donbass conscripted DPR-aligned milita units sent into combat with antiquated weapons.

The story from "The Daily Beast" by Tom Sykes the tip from yahoo.com Mon, April 4, 2022.

"Donbas Conscripts Given Guns From 1800s and Forced to Drink Water From Ponds Infested With Dead Frogs"

"Some conscripts to the Russian war effort from the Donbas region are turning on their commanders and refusing to fight on, after being handed antiquated rifles designed in the 19th century, and forced to drink from ponds littered with dead frogs."

ANTIQUATED RIFLES THE MOSIN-NAGANT BOLT-ACTION RIFLE ORIGINALLY ISSUED TO SOLDIERS DURING THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PERIOD.

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"Draftees from the separatist Donbas region are not part of the Russian army but are fighting alongside them."

POORLY TRAINED, DISHEARTENED, MISUSED, INADEQUATELY ARMED CONSCRIPTS! WHAT CAN GO WRONG?

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"Reuters said that 'several' of the draftees have been armed with bolt action Mosin rifles, which were first produced in the 1880s by the Russian Empire, and were the workhorse firearm of the Russian army for decades. Production ceased after World War II, however large stockpiles of the weapon survive. They were last manufactured, in small numbers, by Finland in 1973."

See my previous blog entry the Mark Felton video the use of obsolete weapons in the Ukraine Conflict. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel are we"

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"In another episode that clearly illustrates weak morale, Reuters says a group of some 135 Donbas conscripts in Mariupol mutinied by putting down their weapons and refusing to continue to fight. The men were kept in a basement by their commanders before being released."

Weak morale. OH WHY would that be?

Reports of soldiers having to drink water infested with dead frogs always good for hype and cover. Gets your attention instantly, doesn't it?

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