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2022-10-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Reports of Russian train allegedly carrying nuclear weapons heading toward Ukraine appear to be FALSE based on US analysis, senior US defense official tells @JenGriffinFNC

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-04 08:32|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 ...Along the same lines, there's confirmed reports of guys who are normally guarding their Strategic Rocket Force bases being thrown onto trucks and sent to Ukraine as infantrymen...and promptly being captured/killed.

So the question can be reasonably asked - why were these guys yanked from guarding what's arguably the most vital part of the Russian deterrent?

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-10-04 09:39|| 2022-10-04 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Not the mention the huge conventional and nuclear stockpiles at Murmansk. Finns say the Russian northern forces are 80% depleted to provide manpower to Ukraine.

Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-10-04 09:45|| 2022-10-04 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 So the question can be reasonably asked - why were these guys yanked from guarding what's arguably the most vital part of the Russian deterrent?

Russia is so short on trained manpower they are grabbing anyone that has or had some military training, or at least know which way the bang end of a gun goes. They have taken horrible losses and unlike Ukraine, they don't have a manpower pool that is willing and able to fill those empty spots. So they are taking anyone they can just to try to hold the line, but as recent events are showing that is no longer enough. They need to withdraw from place, shorten the line and consolidate and try to hold through winter to get men trained up and ready for after the Spring mud. I don't think they will be able to do it though.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-04 09:46|| 2022-10-04 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 From what I can tell, the first thing the Russians have to do is to start telling each other the truth. And there are plenty of institutionalized reasons not to.

Posted by Matt 2022-10-04 12:52|| 2022-10-04 12:52|| Front Page Top

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