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Showing Original Post only (View all)Russian troops mutiny as conscripts storm off military base and head home in protest [View all]
Source: Express
Mobilised Russian soldiers preparing for the war in Ukraine appear to have enough poor equipment and training as a mass walkout is caught on camera in Kazan, southwest Russia. The footage shows uniformed conscripts marching towards a guarded gate and demanding to be let through.
The Visegrád 24 Twitter account shared the video with the caption: "Mutiny in a military base in the Russian the city of Kazan.
"Partially mobilized men had enough of the treatment and poor equipment, and decided to head back home.
Guards tried to stop them but were outnumbered. /snip
Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1704790/Russia-army-mutiny-conscripts-Ukraine-war-latest-Vladimir-Putin-vn
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Russian troops mutiny as conscripts storm off military base and head home in protest [View all]
Tom Yossarian Joad
Dec 2022
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Little training, weapons, ammo, food, supplies, uniforms... The only thing Putin supplies in abunda
keithbvadu2
Dec 2022
#11
To be fair they USED to be much more competent. Although still never to our level.
oldsoftie
Dec 2022
#18
"If we stop buying their junk their people will starve. We control their economy."
oldsoftie
Dec 2022
#25
I mean, do the nukes work? If Russian nukes are like Russian planes, bombs, and bureaucracy...
ck4829
Dec 2022
#48
The Mighty and Macho Russian Army praised by Cruz and MTG while denigrating American Troops
keithbvadu2
Dec 2022
#39