1 March 2022 Poor moral of Russian troops in Ukraine per intercepted comms

[AnnieA]

Looks like the UK Telegraph has some of the best info on the invasion. I subscribed and will post excerpts --- (short so copyright isn't violated)

Russian troops in disarray and ‘crying’ in combat, radio messages reveal

Most of the conscripts are young, poorly coordinated and--like most conscripts in war--never wanted to be there in the first place. Recordings and video show some troops are deserting, others have punctured their armored vehicle fuel tanks to stall them, some at the front lines are refusing orders to fire on civilian occupied towns.​

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Excerpts:​

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Russian troops are "operating in complete disarray", their morale sapped and "crying in combat", voice recordings of frontline soldiers obtained by a [privately owned] British intelligence company. ...Parts of the Russian military are reliant on mobile phones and analogue "walkie-talkies", making them vulnerable to interception by radio enthusiasts. ...​

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Intercepted radio messages indicate that troops are refusing to obey central command orders, including to shell Ukrainian towns, while complaining bitterly about running out of supplies of food or fuel.​

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...a soldier seemingly speaking from the command centre says: "We will cover the town… with artillery fire."There then follows a tense exchange in which his contact on the ground appears to disobey the order and reminds the more senior officer that civilians ...have to be removed from the town before the army can open fire. The man in command sounds annoyed, but accepts that civilians need to leave first.​

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In another clip, the same man who suggested shelling a town loses his temper asking for what appears to be supplies or fuel. "We've been here for three days! When the hell is it going to be ready?" he exclaims, as Russian expletives fill the airwaves.​

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He [the Brit] added: "There were periods where we heard them [Russian soldiers] crying in combat, a period where they were insulting each other – obviously not a sign of great morale. There was an instance where they shot at each other...​

 

[Signe The Survivor]

This is exactly what I have been speaking about for a few days now. When Putin started this in his head he thought he was going to go into Ukraine and roll right on over them and they were going to lay down. This has obviously not been the case. When you have a man such as Putin who has a huge sized ego and things start to unravel quickly and don't start going the way as he planned he can become quickly agitated.

Now this can be taken in two ways. He can start acting really irrationally and attempt to do things even more inhuman then he already is doing, but as you have stated in this post his officers are fighting and disagreeing among themselves and disobeying direct orders. So the likelihood of those things being actually acted out are very slim. The second thing is he can lose it and just give up all hope and turn on himself. His ego is way too much to say he is a failure so I do not think he is going to come out of this if it ends up in a bad light for him and his country.

 

[john19485]

There is a chance that after Ukraine starts geting resupplied with anti tank and anti aircraft weapons , ammo exc , and the volunteers start to arrive over the next couple of days , things might turn around

 

[AnnieA]

Article with video of captured Russian soldiers showing poor morale. Dunno how much is coercion for propaganda purposes, but some seem genuinely unhappy to be a part of the invasion.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html


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[terry123]

Hope its true!

 

[Chet]

It may find it's way up into the Russian military's high command and they decide to do away with Putin, much like the attempt on Hitler's life by the German generals in WWII.

 

[Bellbird]

There is a chance that after Ukraine starts geting resupplied with anti tank and anti aircraft weapons , ammo exc , and the volunteers start to arrive over the next couple of days , things might turn around

I certainly hope so.

 

[hollydolly]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night claimed the morale of Vladimir Putin's Russian forces is 'constantly deteriorating' in a powerful address, and added that his forces have so-far killed 9,000 invaders.

The leader of the besieged nation also said that his country had thwarted Russia's 'sneaky' plans, saying he was proud of the 'heroic' resistance to Moscow's shocking invasion.

'We are a nation that broke the enemy's plans in a week. Plans written for years: sneaky, full of hatred for our country, our people,' Zelensky said in a video posted across multiple social media channels.

The president said he 'sincerely admired the heroic residents' of cities who have resisted the advance of Russian forces. He added that around 9,000 Russian soldiers had been killed since the invasion began, a claim disputed by Moscow who released contesting figures for the first time earlier on Wednesday.

'Our military, our border guards, our territorial defence, even ordinary farmers capture the Russian military every day,' he said in the video, similar to several others he has previously recorded during the war.

'All the captives say only one thing: they do not know why they are here. Despite the fact that there are dozens of times more than them, the morale of the enemy is constantly deteriorating.'

Zelensky, who has drawn praise from Ukrainians and the international community alike for his leadership since the invasion began, also accused Russian troops of looting out of desperation for food and supplies.

He said Ukrainian civilians had driven Putin's soldiers out of grocery stores as they searched for food. 'These are not warriors of the superpower, these are confused children who were used,' he said.

'They will not have peace here, they will not have food here, they will not have a single quiet moment here,' he warned. 'The occupiers will receive only one thing from Ukraine - a rebuff, a worth rebuff. They will remember that we do not give up.'

Zelensky's comments was posted before Ukraine's capital Kyiv and many other cities around the country came under heavy fire from Putin's forces. Videos in Kyiv showed at least two huge explosions light up the night sky at around 2am local time, while Kherson city in the south was reportedly brought under Russia's complete control.

Meanwhile, the command of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces warned that it would no longer take Russian artillerymen as prisoner of war in response to their 'brutal shelling' of cities. 'Each and every gun crew… will be slaughtered like pigs,' a statement on Wednesday evening said.

The United Nations Refugee Agency reported Thursday morning that over 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war, which has so far claimed thousands of lives in its first week. Pictures and videos from Kyiv have shown thousands crowding railways stations in a desperate bid to get a ride out of the city.
Earlier on Wednesday, a video of a Russian soldier breaking down in tears as he spoke to his mother on the phone after surrendering to Ukrainians went viral.

The footage showed a young fighter from Putin's forces being comforted by a group of women after throwing down his weapon. One of the women tells him 'everything his OK' while patting him on the back.

He is then seen drinking tea and eating a pasty as another woman offers him a phone. The young prisoner of war blows kisses as his mother answers, and bursts into tears as soon as he sees her. One of the other women is heard speaking to her down the phone, saying: 'Natasha, God be with you. We will call you later. He is alive and healthy.'

Footage shows a young surrendered soldier from Putin's forces breaking down in tears as he speaks to his mother on the phone after being comforted and fed by Ukrainian women

Footage shows captured a handcuffed Russian prisoner crying over the death and destruction wrought by the war, saying: 'They don't even pick up the corpses, there are no funerals'

Distressing videos and more here..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10570529/Russian-soldier-breaks-tears-surrenders.html