Russian commander of troops in barracks in Makiivka, Ukraine listed among dead

[rjmt]

I don't know about you, but in 10 years in the US Military, I never once observed a Lt Col staying in the same barracks as newly activated troops

I know my father never did (Lt Col RET)

more than likely he died of a 9mm to the head due to the political fallout

"The Russian MoD claimed that the death toll of the strike is now 89, including a deputy regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Bachurin."

Institute for the Study of War

The Russian milblogger information space continues to seize on official responses to the Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a Russian base in Makiivka to criticize endemic issues in the Russian military apparatus. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) released

understandingwar.org

Read More

 

[rjmt]

The Ukrainians claim there were over 600 Russians in the school structure at the time of the strike
this information came from electronic monitoring that detected that many active cell phones in that location, just after midnight on the first
but my son says there is a logical explanation
the Russians turned on 600 cell phones, put them in the back of a truck
and had a soldier drive the truck around the school for half an hour just to deceive the Ukrainian

 

[Provincial]

The Ukrainians claim there were over 600 Russians in the school structure at the time of the strike
this information came from electronic monitoring that detected that many active cell phones in that location, just after midnight on the first
but my son says there is a logical explanation
the Russians turned on 600 cell phones, put them in the back of a truck
and had a soldier drive the truck around the school for half an hour just to deceive the Ukrainian

The problem with that theory is that the Russian Army couldn't gather up that many cell phones without taking personal phones from their soldiers. Trying to take personal cell phones would lead to widespread mutiny, which would be impossible to hide. Also a shortage of 9MM Tokarev ammunition.

 

[JuglansRegia]

The Russians are trying not to count the dead because then they have to pay a death bonus to the family. So they like to put as many casualties as possible into the "missing" category, kind of like with the sinking of the Moskva, supposedly it took two direct hits from big anti ship missiles, then there was a fire, it took on water and sank hours later, with only a couple of dead, amazing.

 

[Koda]

sung to the tune of "what a wonderful world"...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1610651604021125125

 

[rjmt]

since private Mercenary groups such as Wagner Group are illegal in russia, their dead can not be buried in Russian cemeteries
Wagner says they recruited 600 prisoners, yet they only issued pardons to 24
you do the math

 

[GrayGoose]

I didn't know the Clintons are Russian.

 

[DunRanull]

The problem with that theory is that the Russian Army couldn't gather up that many cell phones without taking personal phones from their soldiers. Trying to take personal cell phones would lead to widespread mutiny, which would be impossible to hide. Also a shortage of 9MM Tokarev ammunition.

"9mm Tokarev"? WTF? No such beast.

 

[Xaevian]

I didn't know the Clintons are Russian.

Russian collusion, duh!

 

[GrayGoose]

Russian collusion, duh!

The REAL Russian collusion, indeed!

 

[Provincial]

"9mm Tokarev"? WTF? No such beast.

Sorry, 9x18 MM Makarov. I got confused with the WWII pistol, which was 7.62 x 25 MM. Both used by officers to "motivate" troops, but in different eras.

 

[DunRanull]

Sorry, 9x18 MM Makarov. I got confused with the WWII pistol, which was 7.62 x 25 MM. Both used by officers to "motivate" troops, but in different eras.

I like my makkie, AND my Tokki, but for different reasons... The Mak is a edc/ccp that packs a good pop... the Tokkie is a sometimes-woods pistol just cuz...