Russia is sending 'disposable' soldiers to fight Ukraine high on amphetamines to ensure they 'still run at machine guns,' military expert says
Russia is sending 'disposable' soldiers to fight Ukraine high on amphetamines to ensure they 'still run at machine guns,' military expert says
A report from the Royal United Service Institute said Russian soldiers are likely being sent to "skirmish until killed' while on drugs.
Russia has taken to chemically lowering its soldiers' inhibitions to guarantee these ill-trained civilians and convicts continue to fight no matter the odds in the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a UK defense think tank.
That's been Russia's MO for quite a few wars now.
"The foremost weakness across Russian infantry units is low morale, which leads to poor unit cohesion and inter-unit cooperation."
They maybe shouldn't mention that at their recruitment centers.
Depends on who they are trying to recruit
russia's version of uncle sam comrade methh head
Maybe they should! The survival rate wasn't very good to begin with, might as well get some free drugs.
Not unbelievable and sad
Another WW2 tactic, check.
Only difference being that the Nazis to an extent looked after their soldiers. Probably because they realized the supply wasn't unlimited, but still.
We all did it, but Nazis were the biggest users: https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/
Real life Terran Marines on stim packs.
ahhh that's the stuff
They should run at their officers instead.
I really don't care as long as they keep ceding ground to Ukraine.
when did Russia hire Zap Barnign
They did start the war using Zapp's "Element of Surprise" tactic. In Futurama, Zapp explained that the key to victory was the element of surprise. Then he yelled surprise, opened a trap door, and dumped his soldiers into an active battle zone.
Russia, told their soldiers that they were just doing patrols until they had crossed into Ukrainians territory. Then, they let the troops know that they were actually in a war (or whatever nicety they called it early on). "Surprise! You're getting shot at now!"
That headline is the most propaganda-ey headline I've read so far this war and anyone believing it at face value is a fucking idiot that never does any critical thinking about anything.
The good ol’ human material strategy! Works like tying 2 Yakovlev YAK-40 turbojets to a train and see where this is going…
Didn't Russia raise a stink because Brittney Griner accidentally took weed to Russia?
What a bunch of hypocrites.
Taking recreational drugs for enjoyment or to help a medical condition? 👎
Forcing someone to take drugs so that they'll charge into machine gun fire quicker? 👍
Amphetimines are pretty common in war iirc. For any country. You are sleeping less, on the ground often, and need to maintain awareness. And the long term health risks....arent really as important.
Straight out of Hitler's playbook with Nazi stormtroopers being forced to take Pervitin when invading Paris. History is repeating itself. Ugh.