Errors in delivering draft orders, outdated or missing equipment, protests and flights – the partial mobilization of the Russian army is not going at all as the Kremlin would like. According to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, the first reinforcements have already arrived in Donbass. But sometimes the arrival of new soldiers leads to further problems. According to media reports, there was a massive brawl between old soldiers and recruits at a military base near Moscow.
“The newcomers were not received there with bread and salt – on the contrary: the soldiers who served there demanded their clothes and mobile phones from the newcomers,” the internet portal Baza reported Monday. The conflict at Alabino’s training ground turned into a serious quarrel.
The newly hired got the upper hand. They are said to have beaten their tormentors so hard that about 20 regular soldiers ended up locking themselves in a building and asking the police for help. Only after their arrival was the conflict settled. According to the information, both parties have declined to report the matter.
Chaotic partial mobilization
The partial mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin two weeks ago is chaotic in many places. For example, men are called up despite previous illnesses or a lack of qualifications, or some are dropped off on the open field after being called up without a trainer. In many places there is a lack of clothing, equipment and food. Hundreds of thousands of military-aged men have already fled the country. According to the Russian Ministry of the Interior, 200,000 Russian citizens alone are in the neighboring country fled from Kazakhstan. Since September 21, 147,000 Russians have left the ex-Soviet republic, it said Tuesday.
According to British military experts, the Russian state is no longer able to provide a large number of recruits with sufficient equipment and military training. One indication is that the design cycle will start a month later than usual this year, the Ministry of Defense’s daily briefing on the war in the UK said Tuesday. Ukraine. The Russian government has described the regular publication of secret service information as a deceptive maneuver and part of a disinformation campaign.
Source: Krone

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