Report: Russia sends newly mobilized conscripts directly to frontline, with *no* training:

[tblue37]

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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret.
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CORRECTION. Earlier reports suggesting that Russian conscripts get only one day of training before being sent to front may be incorrect. New report says they get ZERO days.

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The Kyiv Independent
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⚡️General Staff: Russia sends newly mobilized conscripts directly to frontline.

Conscripts do not undergo any military training before being sent to the war against Ukraine, Ukraine's General Staff said.

[Walleye]

1. I remember when we found out Saddam Hussein's army was a paper Tiger

They went into combat in their street shoes. That says it all I think. Are these Russian conscripts getting boots?

[sarisataka]

7. Don't believe everything you read

While there were exceptions most Iraqi troops were well equipped. They were not prepared to fight a modern professional military. Also neither they nor we were aware how great the technology gap had become.

[Walleye]

8. Of course we have to take everything with a grain of salt that came out of that administration

I will be interested in seeing what kind of footwear the Russian soldiers are wearing though

[maxsolomon]

2. that is simply tragic.

literally cannon fodder.

since these are artillery battles, the Ukrainians will have to kill these poor bastards just the same as if they were Wagner mercenaries.

[Abnredleg]

3. There's likely more to this story

The Russians are including those conscripts who just finished their service in this latest mobilization. It’s probably these recently released soldiers who are being sent straight to the front.

[brush]

4. Why would they send conscripts back who just finished...

their service?

[Abnredleg]

6. Because they're already trained

and the Russians don't have the resources to train everyone they are mobilizing. Plus the authorities don't care about fairness.

[Irish_Dem]

5. The Russian army is a meat grinder.