‘They Send Us Junk’: Kiev Troops Complain Of Poor Ammunition, Stale Food, Old Maps -- RT
While Ukrainian authorities expect troops to spare no effort in bringing the south-eastern regions back under Kiev’s control, soldiers on the ground appear to doubt if the government is doing all it takes to provide for those it sends to warzones.
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“This is the armor our troops are using. This is the kind of junk they send us,” says a Ukrainian National Guard soldier, demonstrating a bullet-proof breastplate with a bullet hole in it.
That’s one of the episodes in a video by Ukrainian Hromadske.tv and circulating online, in which the National Guard unit stationed near Slavyansk - home to some of the heaviest fighting in the conflict - bemoan their poor ammunition, while cursing the country’s president for it.
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My Comment: This is an RT report .... so I am not surprised that they are critical of the Ukrainian military. But quoting former US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld .... you go to war with the Army that you have. In the case of today's Ukraine army ....they may not have the weapons that they want .... but they are still better armed than the rebels, and most of them are committed to a united Ukraine.
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