Russian troops don't have live ammo on there weapons

[bigdarryl]

That's news your not going to hear in this media.http://news.sky.com/story/1219922/russia-and-china-in-agreement-over-ukraine

[dipsydoodle]

1. Saw that live on TV here in the UK.

No clips or magazines in sight.

[pinboy3niner]

2. CNN's Ben Wedeman did an on-scene report Sunday that SOME troops had no ammo, but others did

Standoff at Ukraine base in Crimea
CNN|Added on March 2, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/03/03/pkg-wedeman-ukraine-crimea-base-stand-off.cnn.html

[bigdarryl]

3. I don't believe shit CNN says

[OilemFirchen]

11. But you believe Murdoch's Sky News.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I don't believe shit anybody says in the middle of a crisis

cnn, sky tv, rt, sanna, presstv, msnbc, bbc, reuters, ap, you know the whole shibang.

But we were looking at footage and unless they used photoshop, which would be impressive in moving images, some soldiers did have loaded weapons, most did not.

[gerogie2]

4. The NCO's control the ammo.

They have the ammunition with the troops that is controlled by the NCO. All army's do this to prevent some private from starting a war.

[sarisataka]

14. Remember this is the Russian army

the NCOs are more enforcers than leaders. The officers will control the ammo.

[Bad Thoughts]

5. So they are just tourists?

They aren't occupying the facilities of another nation?

Or are they just there to stage a "tragedy" to which Moscow "must" respond?

[Adrahil]

6. Heck, according to Putin, they are not even Russians. LOL! NT

[Bad Thoughts]

7. I guess the only Russians are Ukrainians! eom.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Great - so they have to get the ammo out of their holders first

which they did today: http://news.sky.com/story/1220477/ukraine-russian-troops-fire-warning-shots

[snooper2]

9. Sure...

Move thousands of troops and, oh, just leave the bullets here at home LOL

[okaawhatever]

10. How do you say Barney Fife in Russian? nt

[AnalystInParadise]

12. Why would they have

ammo in their weapons in areas that are friendly to them? The Crimea is basically little Russia. We did the same thing in Iraq in Kurdistan. Hell in Sulimaniyah, we had no ammo, wore no body armor and had places in the city we could go to for dinner, dancing with young Kurdish women and other recreational pursuits. Suli and Arbil were amazing, our presence there was small, but I spent many a night in Suli having dinner and people watching with no ammo or body armor, didn't even have my weapon. The Kurds guaranteed our safety. So these images of Russians with no bullets seems very analogous........