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I am a Russian citizen, and I grew up in a military town in Far East. A place where the draft is the harshest, and which is the base of Pacific Fleet. A sad tow
by baybal2 5y ago
I am a Russian citizen, and I grew up in a military town in Far East. A place where the draft is the harshest, and which is the base of Pacific Fleet. A sad town called Vladivostok.
I still retain connections with my high school mates. A lot of them have parent in military, seamen, and frontier men.
The news of Putin's fiasco is spreading like wildfire among DOSes, ship crews, and in army barracks.
The navy been traditionally the most disciplined service branch of the military because ships almost always have actual officers to command, vs. NCOs in the army.
I can't preclude the possibility of a mutiny brewing there right now, as news of ships crews (yes, not even marine infantry, but actual ship crews, 3 star lieutenants) being forced into trains going to Ukraine came.
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- ncmncm 5y agoMaybe needed in Crimea? I thought Russia took Ukraine's navy, back when.
- jollybean 5y agoSo this is an incredible comment. It's very hard to figure out what is really going on in Ukraine (though we have a 1/2 decent idea) - let alone how to grasp what Russians all over are thinking. I would imagine the propaganda is effective at the same time Russians have to be cluing into the fact that this is 'not going well'. The degree to which they comprehend that up to 1000 armoured vehicles destroyed is definitely a 'giant disaster' is hard to fathom, as few people can put that into context. And at the same time, they have a lot of blood to spill, and, they know they have a lot of reserves in depth.
- mwattsun 5y agoAs a former Navy man, I can't imagine being told to go fight in some muddy field with a weapon I don't know how to use for a crazy leader with delusions of grandeur. I would find a way not to go.