For all the obsessive tankies who absolutely want to blame the west for russia deciding to perform a genocidal invasion of Ukraine, this is a fun watch:
See you later, Alligator
Boom!
And, surprise, russia continues to feel very, very safe from NATO.
See you later, Alligator
Boom!
And, surprise, russia continues to feel very, very safe from NATO.
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports the views of a source on the border situation in Kaliningrad: "How do they guard the border (with Poland and Lithuania) in the Kaliningrad region now?
3/ "No way, God willing, 17% of the personnel remain, the rest are on a mission in the Belgorod region (where they send people from all departments, whoever they can find)."
4/ "150 people were sent, 120 returned and immediately went on vacation for 2 months. Then back to training and on a mission. The only hope is for conscripts."
5/ "At the same time, the FSB stubbornly does not want to establish, recruit [a unit of] former military personnel and officers who previously served in the MMG [Motorised manoeuvre group of the Border Troops of the USSR and Russian Federation] …
6/ …and DShMG [Airborne Assault Maneuverable Group], which were engaged in the protection and defence of the border in the [Collective Security Treaty Organization] zones."
7/ VChK-OGPU does not explain the FSB's reluctance, but it may be concerned about protecting its own role in defending the border, or potentially about the loyalties of discharged veterans.
8/ The FSB took over the formerly separate Border Guard Service of Russia in 2003. With about 170,000 members, the Border Guards are one of Russia's largest armed formations, but are entirely separate from the Russian Armed Forces. /end
Source:
t.me/vchkogpu/49803
Source:
t.me/vchkogpu/49803