Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Manpower shortages mean that Russia is sending scarce aerospace specialists, such as aircraft mechanics, to fight as front line infantry. However, these 'Space Marines' – as they are sarcastically termed by the Russians – are even more poorly supplied than usual. ⬇️

2/ A commentary by the Fighterbomber Telegram channel highlights the problems that the 'Space Marines' are facing. Because they are not associated with particular regions, they have difficulties accessing the 'humanitarian aid' that most army units depend on.

3/ "Explanations have arrived as to why the VKS [Aerospace Forces] space marines were left out in the cold in terms of humanitarian aid and on the residual principle with support from the Ministry of Defence.

4/ "Regions help "their" units based on the principle of regional affiliation.

And the VKS infantry units are staffed based on the principle of secondment. They take an aircraft mechanic and send him on a mission as a rifleman-grenade launcher to the trenches.

5/ "That is, such units do not have permanent deployment, and at the end of the air defence they will disappear because all the infantrymen will return to their planes and helicopters.

They do not have their own region or city. They are from all over Russia.

6/ "They flew by with the wave of universal aid, and now, when hard times come with aid, they are again thrown overboard.

They are called a motorised rifle battalion (regiment/company/platoon) of the VKS under different numbers. Well, almost everywhere the numbers are 1, 2, 3.

7/ "And as a bonus, they are not only infantrymen, but also artillerymen. That is, they also have a howitzer division of the VKS. And now they almost have a tank ..."

'Hard Blog' explains further:

8/ "When a unit of the Aerospace Forces or the Strategic Missile Forces, I don’t remember exactly, asked me for help (they asked for help with electronic warfare and construction materials), at first I even thought that it was some kind of joke.

9/ "I always ask: what’s the situation with supplies? Why aren’t you receiving the standard supplies? And the problem there is not only with humanitarian aid. They are also supplied centrally on a residual basis.

10/ "Because neither the Aerospace Forces nor the Strategic Missile Forces can supply (they are collected from around the world and transferred to someone). And for those to whom they are transferred, they are [unwanted] stepchildren.

11/ "Sometimes they don’t even fully understand what they are supposed to get and who to ask for it from.

They could at least be given infantry commanders, but their commanders are also Aerospace Forces officers.

12/ "They themselves walk around with glassy eyes and don’t get it, who they ultimately report to and to whom to take the documents. Orphan units. Again, it was not intended to use them harshly. Like, the second line of defence, consolidation, and so on.

13/ "But war always makes its own adjustments. And those units that actually found themselves on the front lines (yes, in defence, but on the front lines) turned out to be worse off in terms of material and technical support than the partisans.

14/ "Those who are more resilient ask volunteers for help. And this is the case when help is really needed, and well done for not sitting idly by, but looking for options. Because it is not their fault.

15/ "Sometimes in the army, action runs ahead of thought, and the formed VKS units are precisely the result of such a process

16/ "Although their high command could (since it decided to participate in the Special Military Operation in this way) be concerned with issues of normal supplies and push through these issues at its level. But we have what we have.

17/ "But the issue should be raised not only about volunteer assistance, but also about the role and place of joint units in the structure of the army and their full supply."

Fighterbomber agrees that the root of the problem lies with the high command:

18/ "Everything is decided only by personal and individual appeal directly to the top official. In our country, there are at most ten such top officials. With such an appeal, everything is decided instantly, without any meetings.

19/ "To all other requests and appeals, specially appointed buffer servicemen write off a million pieces of paper, where at the end they always write by hand "With respect" and [tell you to] go to hell.

20/ "Those who should apply according to their position, write the exact same answer, only shorter. Nothing is written by hand.

21/ "As everyone already understands and sees, the people are tired of helping the army and assistance has fallen many times over and will fall even more, so the main burden has fallen on the servicemen themselves, on their relatives and friends.

22/ "But not all servicemen in forest-storming regiments receive 200k. There are those who storm for 2% + counter-terrorism. And his entire salary for three months won't be enough to buy a normal heater.

23/ "In short, nothing works automatically yet and I don't see any prospects for it to start working in the near future.

For now and always, the ones who don't give a damn are the ones who are dragging it out.

"P.S. By the way, the Space Marines' regiment commander is an infantryman. The rest, yes, are all aviators." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/bomber_fighter…
🔹 t.me/Hard_Blog_Line…
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