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YorkRd

(326 posts)
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 07:05 PM Feb 2022

'They Drink A Lot, Sell Their Fuel': Belarusians Give Low Marks To Russian Troops Deployed For Drill

'They Drink A Lot, Sell Their Fuel': Belarusians Give Low Marks To Russian Troops Deployed For Drills

I've seen with my own eyes the movement of tracked military vehicles on the streets of the city," said a resident of the Belarusian town of Khoyniki, in the southeastern corner of the country not far from the Ukrainian border, when asked about the Russian forces in his country for joint military exercises.“


[link:https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-troops-belarus-exercises-ukraine/31711282.html|

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'They Drink A Lot, Sell Their Fuel': Belarusians Give Low Marks To Russian Troops Deployed For Drill (Original Post) YorkRd Feb 2022 OP
Today is 30 degrees and its going to first rain then snow on Friday. I don't see Russian troops move uponit7771 Feb 2022 #1
YAY! Good news for the Ukrainians. liberalla Feb 2022 #2
Which means they're probably not going home any time soon n/t Beausoleil Feb 2022 #3
Read a similar article yesterday peggysue2 Feb 2022 #4
Iraq had a conscript army. roamer65 Feb 2022 #5
OMIGOD. Putin's massive brain is as shit-stormed as Trump's. Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #6

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
1. Today is 30 degrees and its going to first rain then snow on Friday. I don't see Russian troops move
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 07:08 PM
Feb 2022

... into Ukraine without being bogged down right now.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
4. Read a similar article yesterday
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 08:21 PM
Feb 2022

Belarus citizens complaining about Russian troops drinking, carousing and ruining roads with their heavy equipment while Russian troops complain among themselves of bad food, boredom and rotten weather.

Doesn't appear to be a rah-rah moment here or any enthusiasm for what's ahead.

Grim all around. Likely to get worse.



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