1/ Russian UAV specialists are being treated as "slaves" and transferred to extremely high-risk assault squads despite their expertise as engineers and programmers, even in the Russian army's most effective UAV unit, according to a bitterly critical Russian commentary. ⬇️
2/ 'Voenkor Kotenok' has published a commentary, which has since mostly been deleted, on the tendency of the Russian army (here referred to euphemistically as the "Laotian army") to compensate for huge manpower losses by transferring scarce specialists into assault squads.
3/ "This issue is not discussed in high-level meetings—it is considered shameful to speak about it. We are referring to slavery, which emerged in the 21st century in the Laotian army during military operations. There are numerous examples. What are we referring to?
4/ "You serve, you understand that there are units that perform their tasks effectively, and you are needed by such a unit as a specialist. The unit commanders say: ‘You are a top-notch software engineer.
5/ "We want you to apply your knowledge in the UAV unit that is being formed.’ You are happy to do so: it is better to do your job than, to put it bluntly, breaking down doors with your forehead.
6/ "You are given a ‘Reference’ [a document from the commander of the military unit requesting that a citizen be accepted for military service under contract in this military unit].
7/ "You happily run to headquarters, where you are put in your place: ‘You're not going anywhere! Forward to the assault!’
8/ The problem is that transfers between the North, Centre, East, West, and South [Military Districts] are practically impossible. This applies to both mobilised and volunteer troops.
9/ "You sign the documents at the military registration and enlistment office, but they don't send you where you're expected, where you hoped to be, but to the infantry. Even the command of the unit where they were expecting you is turning to you: "This is our specialist!"
10/ "But no! They won't release the man, because transfers between directions and troops are prohibited!
11/ "Assault troops and scouts need to be trained in their speciality. But instead of normal military training, soldiers are transferred to the assault troops as a punishment: ‘Are you talking too much? Do you want to be transferred? Go to the assault troops!’
12/ "Previously, a reconnaissance trooper could leave a commander whose men were disappearing by the dozens and hundreds behind four bushes, and go to a neighbouring brigade, where they really do military work.
13/ "Now transfers are prohibited, and they tell the man straight to his face that they will literally be killed.
14/ "A soldier has become a serf. A mobilised soldier is a double serf! Not only are they not demobilised, given leave, or rotated due to manpower shortages, but transfers are also prohibited.
15/ "For example, one of the army's most effective UAV units is chronically in need of civilian specialists who have been mobilized—engineers, programmers, etc. This unit [likely Rubicon], directly subordinate to the Ministry [of Defence], is faced with the fact that it is not
16/ …effective specialists from the infantry and other branches of the military, where programmers are used as draught animals. So give them a position where they can fulfil their potential! But no! It's forbidden!
17/ "The ban is formalised as a verbal order from the command, initiated by the commander of one of the units. In theory, transferring a soldier to another military unit is possible, but only with the PERSONAL approval of the commander of the unit.
18/ "In practice, this is impossible. No one will coordinate the fate of an individual. Instead, an order was passed down banning transfers.
19/ "But the enemy allows transfers. Everyone can choose their unit. They allow friends, relatives—brothers, father and son, and so on—to serve together. This is encouraged, as it leads to the creation of units that are resilient in defence and motivated.
20/ "In the Laotian forces, instead of building a system of "natural selection" (people follow good commanders and won't work with bad ones; under a good commander, the unit is expanded, allowing for the recruitment of willing members, increasing motivation and resilience…
21/ …in defence), this is not the case. How does the ban on transfers affect the outcome? People are tied to their station, which reduces the combat effectiveness and motivation of the unit, because they lose the desire to serve, because they are not robots.
22/ "And this also affects initiative and the situation in some areas of the line of contact. This is one of the reasons for the stalling and stagnation.
23/ "In some places, commanders at the "brigade-regiment" level exploit this for personal gain, based on the principle of "like it or not." It gets to the point where a commander's mistress, [or] a private, can command officers.
24/ "It's a good thing all of this is happening in the Laotian war, not here." Sources: 🔹 https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/67... 🔹 https://t.me/ve4niyvoy/5144 (original text)
@ChrisO_wiki RuSSians had bio-robots in Chernobyl. Now drone operators became bio-drones themselves.
@ChrisO_wiki Seems like russian commanders are the greatest allies for Ukraine. They ensure lack of qualified personell where they do their best, and instead send them to their timely demise to ensure another medal on the commander. While losing the war.
@ChrisO_wiki This is exactly how you lose a high-tech war. Sending your tech specialists to die in Soviet-style human wave attacks while your enemy is utilising their specialists effectively means you lose your technical capability.
@ChrisO_wiki A lot of these psyop fakes pop up in recent days.
@ChrisO_wiki An Orcs gotta Orc. All Orcs are the same.
@ChrisO_wiki Fingers crossed this really damages Rubikon.
@ChrisO_wiki Very good. Please more slaves situations
@ChrisO_wiki Fascinating post, thank you. Hopefully, they will be a top seek, find, and destroy objective.
@ChrisO_wiki Good, fk em