The Russians have been convincing the whole world and themselves in particular for years that their troops are the great and invincible “second army of the world” . However, with the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine, it finally became clear that these were fabrications and outright lies.
War is hard
However, many are of the opinion that it is impossible to ridicule and humiliate the enemy military, because they still kill, and their equipment still shoots. But a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yevgeny Karas believes that one does not cancel the other. He exclusively spoke about this to channel 24.
According to him, no one belittles the fact that war is hard, no matter who you have to fight against. And Russian technology, despite being Soviet junk, is still deadly. After all, one should not forget that the Soviet Union spent a lot of money on the defense sector, and after some modifications, the occupiers can now quite effectively use the equipment of that time.
Of course, both sides suffer heavy losses in a war, no matter who has the advantage or seizes the initiative at one time or another. Even a winning position and a successful offensive do not change this – these are the laws of war.
Even if we galloped 60 kilometers a day, there would still be heavy losses, because the offensive is always a proportion. Whoever you fight with, it will be significant losses – perhaps at least 1 to 2. These are the laws of war, and you cannot change them, – Karas explained.
Moreover, as he noted, now on 2 groups of approximately equal level are fighting on the front, since Ukraine's partners fill our army with weapons, and the Russians can no longer saturate the front with a sufficient number of troops, although they are trying to throw more and more people here. Yes, we dominate in some ways, the enemy prevails in others, but in general the level is about the same.
It is not only possible to laugh at the invaders, but need
Karas argues – yes, the war is hard, and the Russians can endlessly be fools, idiots and demoralized, but they will still hold their positions because they came here to earn money. But that doesn't mean we can't laugh at them, even if we do. These are not mutually negative things.
The moral spirit is the foremost. We need to laugh at these idiots anyway, because there is something to laugh about. But when you take up arms or go to carry out tasks, you perfectly understand that this is an enemy, you take into account all the nuances. He can outplay us somewhere, show will, make surprises – in war, as in war, – the fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine explained.
He believes that even if in 2 cases out of 10 the enemy acted simply brilliantly , in no case can we, based on this, say that the Russian army is trained, talented, capable and stubborn, because it is not.
“They are stubborn, but they are idiots, they use their troops in an idiotic way, in general, they have everything because of their asses. Of course, even among this whole palette of crooked Russian material, there are also combat-ready officers, some combat-ready units. But we can state that that there is much for which they can be criticized and ridiculed. This does not detract from the fact that we are at war with them, and war is always hard,” says Karas.
According to him, it is difficult to fight not because of the insane readiness of the Russian military, but because this is another law of war. But we are talking about weapons. For example, 200 thousand Russians with Kalashnikov assault rifles themselves are still a great force, and it is not so easy to fight it. Karas stressed that the invaders are very stubborn, because they have an order from the “master”, and they are even more afraid of him than death on the battlefield.
It will always be hard, but this does not negate the fact that the enemy really causes only the lowest and nastiest feelings,” the Ukrainian military summed up.
“Elite” Russian military refuse to fight
Whatever illusions about the “second army in the world” the Russians would not have, having visited Ukraine, they understand that their life can most likely end here, and therefore some of them refuse to fight. Of course, they are punished for this.
Thus, the Ukrainian military discovered Russian documents concerning such refuseniks from the “elite” unit of the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment. They were sent to the point of permanent deployment along the walking route, and this is 1480 kilometers.
