{"id":134124,"date":"2022-11-27T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134124"},"modified":"2022-11-27T05:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T10:26:06","slug":"the-state-of-the-russian-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134124","title":{"rendered":"The state of the Russian military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-Bucha-massacre-01-1669420319.6707.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-Bucha-massacre-01-1669420319.6707-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine Russia Bucha massacre 01.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-Bucha-massacre-01-1669420319.6707-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ukraine-Russia-Bucha-massacre-01-1669420319.6707.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the beginning of Russia&#8217;s &#8220;special operation&#8221;, video, photographs, intercepts, and other information emerged related to the Russian military. The state of Russian equipment, manpower, performance, etc., as seen in these videos raised questions about &#8220;the second-best army in the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The first video shows a collection of these images, and videos, detailing what the Russians brought with them into Ukraine. For example, bulletproof vests that did not have real &#8220;armor&#8221;, but material that made the vest look real. In another part of the video, a man punches a Russian combat helmet while causing damage to it. The narrator also addresses the corruption that shortchanges Russian military readiness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The True State of Russian Army:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The True State of Russian Army\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0KiII_2qabk\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The next video mentions a report of a Russian unit that was deployed with &#8220;no food and no socks&#8221;. Ben Wallace, a UK Secretary of State for Defense, and veteran, described the situation as the Russians not appearing to care about their men&#8230; Sending thousands of men under these conditions just to leave them dead, injured, or left behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Russians deploy a unit with &#8220;no food and no socks&#8221;:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PUTIN'S WAR GROWS 'CATASTROPHIC' AS HE RECENTLY DEPLOYED A UNIT 'WITH NO FOOD AND NO SOCKS' || 2022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-z9S-9RQ0gE\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The next video addresses Russia&#8217;s reliance on conscripts to help fill its ranks and also talks about how military corruption impacts pay and quality of life. Corruption extends to the conscription process, which makes it possible for individuals with money to buy their way out of being conscripted.<\/p>\n<p>The video uses soldier pay as an example of how military corruption impacts the conscripts. In the United States, pay is disbursed by disbursing staff. In Russia, the commander apparently has the direct ability to issue pay. However, commanders usually take a fraction of the money before paying the troops. Many soldiers end up with less pay than what the law says they should have. Many soldiers compensate for this shortfall by working a second job or by asking their family to send them needed items.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Russian Army Recruit Training:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What It's Actually Like To Be a Russian Army Recruit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YD5n3VCsYBw\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, this video covers many of the &#8220;hiccups&#8221; that impacted Russian performance in Ukraine. Neglected or improper preventative maintenance, the lack of an NCO corps, corruption impacted logistics, lack of decentralized command, poor leadership, etc., contributed to the challenges that the Russians faced carrying out their &#8220;special operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What&#8217;s Wrong with Russia&#8217;s Military?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What's Wrong With Russia's Military\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAp9lPRbmoc\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the beginning of Russia&#8217;s &#8220;special operation&#8221;, video, photographs, intercepts, and other information emerged related to &hellip; <a title=\"The state of the Russian military\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134124\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The state of the Russian military<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134125,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134124\/revisions\/134125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}