A nice indicator of things is the intensity of propaganda.
The more stupid, primitive, and overwhelming it is - the more you know that things are going in the opposite direction.
There are some titles here, that ceased to differ from the Ukro newspapers.
They are just reprinting the Ukro propaganda, in some cases in Ukrainian.
It is easy for them, as they never have been Polish
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and now we only see it clearly.
Who is an end customer is rather obvious.
For two weeks, those titles are full of crap about the Russkie mobilization progress.
How they get rusty weapon.
How they get a Mosin from the XIX century.
How they have no place to sleep.
How they must buy themselves food.
The last one was actually funny : Russian recruits need tampons.
It is sure that some fuckups are there, it is impossible to make a totally smooth doubling of the number of land forces in a month.
Sure that it is possible that some detachments were located in places not organized fast enough, or complex enough.
The part with rusty AKs was the best one, as they really opened some boxes that were mishandled, and the guns inside were rusty indeed.
But what is not being shown, was a whole material covering this incident.
Those were not the rifles given to the recruits, but the ones that were found not fit for it, and placed separately. The whole film shows dozens of boxes full of shiny, well maintained, factory-new rifles handled to the units, while those exposed as default are thrown away.
A few boxes lie aside, obviously mishandled, with the green covering paint peeling off, probably exposed to humidity, maybe in some sunken warehouse or something.
A "tampon" was placed on some unofficial list on some random TG channel, where people who claimed to have experience or are already being in action, share the knowledge. What will not be delivered to them as official equipment, but can be very useful. And yes, a tampon was among those - to stick into the barrel in case of heavy mud/rain conditions, as it saves a lot of maintenance later. Back in WWII, all the soldiers used condoms for the very same purpose.
Oh my oh my oh my, just take a look - it is enough to be ignorant, to rage on any random matter!
On the other hand, we witness for a while now, as the poor Ukro cannon fodder - and I really feel pity for them - are getting DP28 machine guns. Those were accepted for service in 1928!
A Maxim machine gun is being handled to them - a weapon with M1910 index in the Russian army, as it was accepted for service in 1910!!!!
A hundred-year-old weapon.
Sure it is not a big deal if the weapon is well handled or NOS, but the DP28 was outdated in the 30s already. And the materials we have show obviously wear&tear of these guns delivered to the troops. Those are old, used pieces that should be melted.
Giving that to the troops in the third decade of XXI century is a clear sign of desperation.
It is not a fake, as those have been found on the battlefield, left in the tranches.
They are - again - being fed by the jars of pickles they are digging from the cellars. Salo in a jar is back, just like in 2014!
Oh sure, Russkie recruits don't have anything to eat, that is why they all parade with standard MRE in their hands.
The same ones that are being provided in millions to the civilian population, for months now.