1/ Russian warbloggers are protesting about numerous videos of crippled Russian soldiers on crutches being sent into assaults, or being used as 'bullet sponges' to identify where the Ukrainians are firing from. ⬇️
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1889322319052410987
2/ Anastasia Kashevarova, who has written about the issue before, says that she is seeing videos from all fronts showing badly injured soldiers on the battlefield. She writes:
"Why is this happening? There are two ways to go to war with a crutch or an Ilizarov apparatus:
"Why is this happening? There are two ways to go to war with a crutch or an Ilizarov apparatus:
3/ "Way 1. Discharged from the hospital, given 30 days of rehabilitation leave. If from Storm (that is, a convict), then he is immediately taken to the unit, and from there back to the front.
4/ "If he is a mobilised or contract soldier, then after leave he is obliged to return to the unit and undergo a military-medical commission (VVK) there, but the VVK can wait there for centuries,…
5/ …most likely, the commander will consider him healthy at his discretion and send him to stick a flag in a Ukrainian barn.
Way 2. The wounded soldier was not sent to the hospital.
Way 2. The wounded soldier was not sent to the hospital.
6/ "They brought him some plantain [extract] for an open lacerated wound, tied on a piece of wood, stitched him up as best they could, after giving him vodka to drink, and then treated him with ammonia (aka urine), since there was no vodka left.
7/ "You lie down for a week, and then it’s fine. On adrenaline, you can even get to Odesa.
Many people tell me: “Well, what else can you do? We have to fight, we don’t have enough people.”
Many people tell me: “Well, what else can you do? We have to fight, we don’t have enough people.”
8/ "Of course, we don’t have enough, it’s understandable, in Ukraine they drag everyone from the street to the front, but why did we waste human resources thoughtlessly, sending them to assaults just to occupy something, without understanding the goals and strategic importance.
9/ "Just to report and fulfil some order, and maybe even a Hero [of Russia medal].
And what’s the use of these soldiers on crutches? Either he will surrender and then they will make videos of him cursing the generals at the enemy's place. Or die instantly.
And what’s the use of these soldiers on crutches? Either he will surrender and then they will make videos of him cursing the generals at the enemy's place. Or die instantly.
10/ "The probability of such fighters completing a combat mission is zero. And if they send him with physically healthy ones, then he will only be a burden, and the survival rate of the entire group and its effectiveness decreases.
11/ "Here the General Staff reports on how much territory they have occupied in square kilometers. It would be right to report to you, generals, the President, on how many people were lost for these kilometers. Is the human resource used rationally?
12/ "You still send them in columns, you still send them on useless assaults, you still occupy territory on credit. Of course, we have some smart ones, but I am talking about those who waste resources, and then send fighters on crutches to the front lines as reinforcements.
13/ "I know that the Ministry of Defense is addressing the problem. It is necessary to increase the rehabilitation period after being discharged from the hospital. But until this decision is made, you can issue an internal order not to send people on crutches to the front lines.
14/ "I am not defending the 500s [deserters] who complain about a contusion, or that a small piece of shrapnel was not pulled out, although it should not have been. The guys have several concussions a week, and they fight.
15/ "They fight with a bunch of shrapnel fragments, because they can’t get them out, they are embedded [in their bodies]. I am talking about real fighters on crutches!
16/ "Meanwhile, our inept propaganda emphasises the problems in Ukraine that we also have, pointing the finger at the enemy, saying that poor unhealed people are fighting there. Thereby causing irritation and anger among the [Russian] population and the fighters.
17/ "Look in the mirror, my dears. You are each other’s reflection. Like brothers.
But I repeat, our difference is that in Ukraine the SBU would have already shot me in the basement for something like that. And the fighters there have as much rights as a bug.
But I repeat, our difference is that in Ukraine the SBU would have already shot me in the basement for something like that. And the fighters there have as much rights as a bug.
18/ "And in Russia, problems can be solved, it’s just that sometimes every situation cannot be solved behind the scenes, the problem is systemic and on the ground. To solve it, one order from the Chief of the General Staff is enough." /end
Source:
t.me/akashevarova/7…
Source:
t.me/akashevarova/7…
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