To be fair that's a sniper, and it's still a very efficient weapon...this is when you know your invasion isn’t going to plan, Russian soldier carrying a Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle. 1891 is the year it went into production.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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*Russia Plans to Introduce Humanitarian Corridors From Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernigov, Sumy and Mariupol – RIA News Agency.
https://ria.ru/20220307/tishina-1777097723.html
Saw interviews with people trapped in those cities earlier, quite a few were saying that they'd rather stay and take their chances than be herded into Russia.
this is when you know your invasion isn’t going to plan, Russian soldier carrying a Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle. 1891 is the year it went into production.
Probably an OTS-48. Still in use by various Russian forces as a DMR.
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More telling is the visible lack of load bearing equipment to carry ammunition etc apart from what looks like yellow gas mask case held up by a pistol belt.this is when you know your invasion isn’t going to plan, Russian soldier carrying a Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle. 1891 is the year it went into production.
Some flavour of SVD would be a much better option for someone who isn’t a fully trained sniper.
I'm sure I read a few days ago the troops refused to go in when ordered. Some of the officers and men just said no. They are Ukrains neighbours who will have family and friends there and just though stuff that it's wrong.
Pity the Russian troops didn't do the same.
Should be enough to go round, over 37 million have been made since inception.
The Russians thought they were going in as liberators, by the time the Belarussians were ordered to go they probably realised that was ********!
There's a part of me wonders if the Belarus leaders know if they commit soldiers in to Ukraine they risk not having enough to suppress an uprising in their own country.
Russia are still grinding the south and east fronts - doubt we'll see any large scale ground offensives, especially in the north, until they've established dug in positions to push from while in the north probably waiting for the south and east fronts to join up to be able to send pushes north.
If the road can take three vehicles abreast why did the Russians just not leave a vehicle width gap down the centre and just have a 60 mile long convoy instead????
How they really made such a simple error? If your rolling in a long armoured convoy that may need maintenance and fuel en route it is sensible and smart thing to do to leave enough room width wise on the road to be able to drive support vehicles up and down….
I find it hard to believe they really made such a daft mistake? What happens to the troops now surely if they can’t get vehicles to the front the troops will starve or have to abandon vehicles so they can eat unless they can run motorcycles with food or do air drops.
Putin is not only destroying Ukraine he is destroying Russia too, what an absolute madman and bad evil person to cause all this suffering, what’s even worse is he is actually fighting his own people. Makes no sense apart from in his head he either wants to reform USSR or really had fear of NATO setting up next door but he could have still aired his fears and made demands without going to war.
Others have been saying that for days including " Bombers in bound for Ukraine, looks like it's going to be the worst night so far ".... And nothing happens
Videos I've seen they have 2 wide to the side, though it seems a recent change. I'll try and get a link when I'm back at my PC.
It's not one solid convoy. There is often only 1 vehicle every 300 or 400 metres
Could it be that many have just given up and deserted frustrated with logistics and there is not a lot of hunger to fight.
Its not a solid 3 all the way, but by the same account there are sections of the road which only 1 vehicle can go through at a time.
It boggles the mind the level of incompetence, but that is whats happened. As for the troops, yes, the ones at the front of starving/freezing to death by some reports which is why theres reports of a number of troops have moved out to camping/hunting in the forests / looting supermarkets.
Oof that's a sizeable amount to wipe from your balance sheet.
Thank you, yes he's just deliberately now trying to get on peoples frayed nerves. A few more are doing the same too, it is getting really silly now.
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