Disposable Soldiers

[starshipcat]

or why Russia is facing a massive morale problem. The senior generals at the Ministry of Defense are acting as if it's still the Soviet Union, in which soldiers' lives can be spent like water and the people back home can be given the mushroom treatment, with glowing propaganda and the knowledge that questioning it can get you sent to the GULAG.

Comments

[curiouswombat]

I agree with you - but what worries me is that Putin et al might decide, now, to do something to 'improve' this situation to their own satisfaction and eventually actually have well-prepared army