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There are reports that Russian tank drivers are selling the tank's fuel to locals and getting drunk on the proceeds, then abandoning their tanks e.g. [1] altho
by SubiculumCode 5y ago
There are reports that Russian tank drivers are selling the tank's fuel to locals and getting drunk on the proceeds, then abandoning their tanks e.g. [1]
although I can't verify the veracity of these stories.
[1] https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-troops-belarus-exercises-ukraine/31711282.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-troops-belarus-exercises-ukr...
- throwaway821909 5y agoJust to say for anyone skimming through, that story is from before the war was declared, maybe they really believed they were there for exercises. Still, embarassing.
- tim333 5y agoAlso in Belarus, not Ukraine.
- blunte 5y agoThey can drink and hide and wait for the other Russian oligarchs whose wealth is being seriously threatened to remove their foolish leader and stop the idiotic war. That is more sensible than risking your life to kill your neighbor, all for the benefit of nothing but making a little man feel powerful.
- tguvot 5y agoAlternatively there are a bunch of more updated videos of russian solders looting stores for food and gas stations for disel
- stjohnswarts 5y agothat's a funny story but I have my doubts that superior officers have such little communication with their charges that something like that would happen without said tank occupants being court marshalled immediately