From a CBS report on Ukraine

[left-of-center2012]

In the resort town of Berdyansk, on the shore of the Azov Sea, residents described the soldiers who captured their town Sunday as
exhausted young conscripts. “Frightened kids, frightened looks. They want to eat,” Konstantin Maloletka, who runs a small shop, said by telephone.
The soldiers went into a supermarket and grabbed canned meat, vodka and cigarettes. “They ate right in the store,” he said.
“It looked like they haven’t been fed in recent days.”

In yet another blow to Russia's economy, the oil giant Shell said it is pulling out of the country because of the invasion, announcing it will withdraw from its joint ventures with state-owned gas company Gazprom and other entities and end its involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Russia and Europe.

The negotiators at Monday's talks met at a long table with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag on one side and the Russian tricolor on the other.
But while Ukraine sent its defense minister ... the Russian delegation was led by Putin’s adviser on culture.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/ukraine-slows-russian-advance-into-major-cities/507-28680a41-cc0e-4563-8b35-13ffe48aa60d

[PoliticAverse]

1. Poorly equipped, poorly trained, poorly informed conscripts. n/t

[spanone]

2. There's an op here that shows their MRE's are seven years old....

here it is....https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16418108

[EX500rider]

5. Actually they expired over 7 years ago, that makes them much older nt

[elleng]

3. 'They want to eat.'

[milestogo]

4. "canned meat, vodka and cigarettes"

I guess in some worlds that's comfort food.

[Igel]

17. One wonders.

Soon after that would be girls.

The Red Army was not known for respecting the populations that it rolled over on the way to Berlin. General attitude was that the local population should be grateful ... and show exactly how grateful. And if they weren't grateful, well, payment would be exacted.

[in2herbs]

6. I haven't read anything about him since the invasion, but where is Rex Tillerson? Has he

issued a statement?

[left-of-center2012]

8. Why do we care ?

He was Secretary of State under Trump for a short time.

[in2herbs]

11. You don't have to care. I was just curious because he was awarded the Russian Order

of Friendship by Putin and as a former Exxon CEO signed significant oil deals with Russia's Rosneft and he hasn't said anything one way or the other.

Info says he lives in TX.

[leftieNanner]

9. I was thinking about him this morning

He's Vlad's BFF! Fancy medal and all.

He's been verrrry quiet.

[msongs]

7. tired and hungry seems to work if they captured your town anyway nt

[iemanja]

10. I'd wondered if the looting didn't have to do with hunger.

This sounds a lot like Russian soldiers in WWI, which in turn led to the ouster of the Tzar.

[J_William_Ryan]

12. However poorly equipped, trained, or informed,

the foot-soldier has become obsolete.

Today’s digital wars are fought with satellite-guided missiles and bombs operated remotely.

Sadly, Ukraine will soon be defeated and occupied.

[hippywife]

13. Just as predicted:

"But while Ukraine sent its defense minister ... the Russian delegation was led by Putin’s adviser on culture."

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=315290

[lpbk2713]

14. They all have parents.

Maybe they will be the catalyst to Putin's downfall.

[Ex Lurker]

15. cultural advisor is a misleading title

it makes it sound like he's in charge of music and art. He's actually Putin's ideological advisor and he's been deeply involved in destabilizing Ukraine from he beginning. He's like Hitler sending Goebbels to negotiate something, and the Ukrainians understand the symbolism.

[left-of-center2012]

16. link ?