A video clip posted on social media on Saturday, September 24, 2022, shows recently mobilized soldiers engaging in a drunken brawl, American Business Insider reported.
The video, shared by a Belarusian journalist and filmed in the Yuzhno-Kurylsk region of Sakhalin Oblast, shows soldiers beating, throwing punches and shouting at each other.
In Russia’s Yuzhno-Kurilsk, talented mobilized soldiers are already fighting each other. Spirit from the roof. pic.twitter.com/40QrF1w9Vx
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) September 23, 2022
While the American Business Insider website noted that it could not independently verify the video.
This coincides with a partial military mobilization decision announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, September 21, as Russian officials announced that 300,000 reservists would be mobilized immediately.
According to reports, in response to Russia’s controversial mobilization, the sale of alcoholic beverages has been banned within 300 meters of military bases in some eastern regions of Russia.
And there was a repeat of drunken Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, as a drunken shooting in the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson left at least three people dead.
In August, a new Russian combat unit, the 3rd Corps, was supposed to turn the tide, but instead spent most of its time getting drunk and harassing people.
In fact, according to the Washington Post, in the days leading up to Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian spies sent to Russia to monitor the Russian military encountered “many” drunken soldiers.
A Ukrainian official who has seen the intelligence reports told the newspaper that Russian forces exchanged fuel and other equipment for alcohol.
Low morale among Russian soldiers is often attributed to issues related to excessive alcohol consumption and internal conflicts.
Meanwhile, in the latest rush to mobilize the Russian military in Ukraine, unsuitable candidates are being recruited, including minors and elderly people with serious health conditions.
For his part, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement: “President Putin’s call for a partial mobilization of Russian citizens to lead them to war in Ukraine reflects the Kremlin’s battlefield struggles, the war’s unpopularity, and unwillingness The Russians are at war in Ukraine. it.”
Deteriorating morale among Russians is often attributed to such issues in the military, with a British Ministry of Defense intelligence report stating that “the impact of the challenge on forces mobilized in Russia is becoming increasingly acute”.
A senior U.S. defense official told reporters: “We are seeing an increasing effort by the Kremlin to recruit new troops to fill its weakened ranks. And the Russians are performing so poorly that news from Kharkiv province has prompted many Russian volunteers to withdraw from the fight.” ” Weekend.
Source: Lebanon Debate
