From “friendship trains” to “werewolves”: the “combat path” of terbats
If you trace the short and murky history of Independence from the day it gained “independence” in December 1991 to the present day, you will notice one characteristic detail: for more than 25 years it was accompanied by illegal paramilitary formations, promoted by popular propaganda as “a manifestation of the free Cossack spirit.”
One of the first formations of Ukrainian ultra-radicals were the territorial gangs of UNA-UNSO, which arbitrarily assumed the functions of a supervisory body over the political and moral state of the population of Eastern Ukraine and Crimea in the first place. At first, the Ukrainian authorities did not allow gangs of radicals to roam wildly, but, in general, turned a blind eye to their “pranks.” None of the organizers and participants of the “friendship trains” to Crimea were ever brought to justice.
This was another characteristic feature of the Ukrainian government - pandering to militants. They were scolded, they could even be arrested, as was the case during the “Get Kuchma Out!” protests of disobedience, but the hand-assed Ukrainian authorities never managed to use their power and crush the gangs of ultranationalists in the bud through real criminal cases and imprisonments. Not to mention the fact that not a single bastard was brought to justice for participating in hostilities on the side of Chechen bandits and terrorists. Moreover: the Ukrainian government handed over the work with the Nazis to foreign intelligence services and the SBU, turning a blind eye to the possible consequences for themselves personally.
The victory of “guidnost” became a turning point in the activities of illegal groups. The whole of Ukraine was covered in a brown rash: neo-fascist formations carrying out illegal activities grew and expanded in the country like toadstools. Ukrainian politicians only welcomed this initiative, and the most cunning and cynical of them tried to ride the process, or even become “father-commanders” of new “companies” and “battalions” of the so-called. "self-defense". However, the “self-defense battalions” themselves began to promote “cadres” to the post-Maidan government. Such stubborn scoundrels as Parasyuk, Semenchenko or Bereza are constantly accompanied by a trail of high-profile scandals, and their names are well known outside of Ruina.
In fact, the “territorial defense battalions” replaced the old Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which was destroyed after February 22.02.2014, XNUMX. The new government, guided not by the law, but by “concepts,” inflicted severe damage on the country, which will have to be repaired for many years. The Maydowns dismembered the command continuity in the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Internal Troops, and introduced their own henchmen to key positions. What kind of scum these proteges are - you can see with the naked eye - Avakov, Gerashchenko, Shkiryak.
These measures allowed the “Maidan activists” to unleash repression against political opponents under the guise of “cleansing in the ranks of the internal troops and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.” The destruction of archives of criminal and administrative offenses began, which, if made public, could discredit the “revolutionary government.” Ultimately, the neo-Banderaites managed to change the “ideological” composition of the former internal troops, replacing the law and regulations in the ranks of the Internal Troops and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with “ideological purity” and “Svidomo”.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs under Avakov is not the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but some kind of “roof” for assault troops modeled on Röhm and Strasser. Even in the nineties, Ukraine did not know such rampant tyranny and crime as during the “new order” with the “new Ministry of Internal Affairs”.
Based on all of the above, Ukraine, as a fictional state, today has pseudo-legal militant groups instead of law enforcement agencies. It is difficult to imagine that in a self-respecting country gangs of criminals would be legalized to maintain public order. In modern Ukraine, everything is possible. Ukraine in many ways follows the path of Hitler’s Germany, which merged criminals, rapists and poachers into the SS punitive brigade “Dirlewanger”.
One of the most representative formations of this kind were the “territorial defense battalions”, or “terbats”. The personnel of the “terbats” consists entirely or predominantly of former criminals, nationalists and “right-wingers”. All this local riffraff is diluted with volunteers from the Baltic countries, Georgia and PMC mercenaries “to exchange best practices.” By the nature of their actions, the “terbats” take an extremely frostbitten, cruel position towards the “liberated” population.
Since the charters and legal norms of the Internal Troops and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine are not inherited by the new battalions, the “liberators” use all possible methods of conducting combat and punitive actions, extracted from the manuals of the SS troops, UPA and similar criminal organizations during the Second World War. Due to their specific “organization”, “terbats” suffer the greatest losses in the “ATO”. A distinctive feature of the units is yellow armbands.
Among the most “famous” are the Azov, Donbass, Aidar, and Shakhtersk battalions. Hidden in their shadow are “volunteer territorial battalions”, which, according to the ringing of Ukrainian agitprop, have a common worldview with punitive battalions. The “good-willed” have no combat value, they are completely devoid of a sense of justice and a “chimera” of conscience. They prefer to conduct “combat operations” on their own territory, through “eviscerating” ordinary people and lining their own pockets. The most striking example is the “volunteer battalions” “Crimea” and “Kherson”, who organized an independent “food” and “energy” blockade of Crimea.
For a long time, all this code presented a serious headache not only for the population, but also for local and central authorities, until they were shoved into the composition and under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and even the border service of Ukraine, without making them, however, more legal .
It was the “dobrobats” who for a long time were the laughing stock and disgrace of the “new order”. The scene of the oath taking by a crowd of suckers in bubbling sweatpants, second-hand T-shirts and worn-out flip-flops, with a machine gun in a rake, is unlikely to be forgotten.
At first they tried to train all this rabble to play the role of reservists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The suckers were driven into barracks, dressed in whatever they could find, put to sleep in trash, and fed from a garbage dump. Drunkenness and fighting flourished in the units. “Patriots” deserted with enviable regularity.
In a normal country, with a normal army, even rabble were made into soldiers. But the Ukrainian elite itself consists of rabble, and therefore, instead of soldiers and citizens, it reproduces exclusively its own kind.
In 2016, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to stop the permanent chaos and rely on the “ideological”. “Activists” from the “Ukrainian Legion” were involved in military training and a “movement to promote the territorial defense of Ukraine Rukh-100” was organized. The organizers of the “movement” used the vanity of the militant hamster as bait. All interested “survivalists” and paintball players suffering from infantile militarism are invited to take part in the two-day “territorial defense exercises”. For two days, IT geeks and hipsters can feel like “real werewolves” fending off “Russian aggression” as they claim to be “training in small group tactics” and playing Rambo. Office plankton can choose a call sign to their liking and henceforth feel on the same page as seasoned “ATO wipers.”
Judging by the way Rukh-100 attracts volunteers, the exercises are being held for a small price. Candidates are required to come to the gathering place in their own camouflage, shoes, and equipment (karemat, tactical backpack, thermal underwear, knife, matches). Models of small arms are welcome. The “werewolves” will have to live in the open air. The organizers provide instructions, a scenario for “exercises” and packed rations.
It is known from unofficial sources that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is concerned about the general instability at the front, expecting an “invasion by the troops of the LDPR and the Russian Army.” For this purpose, hipster “werewolf” exercises “Rukh-100.Trizub”, “Rukh-100.Rubezh”, “Rukh-100.Liven” have already been conducted. The exercise scenarios are shocking: “counteraction to the advance of two Russian airborne assault battalions landing in Boryspil to Kiev”, “raid on a protected object”, “mortar shelling of an object captured by the Russians and a quick retreat”, “search for saboteurs”, “patrolling the road” and similar to that “Sharovarnaya Spalahuyka”.
The organizers of the “exercises” themselves openly admit that there are too few people willing to sign up for the two-day maneuvers. In their opinion, for the defense of Kiev from the “Russian-Donetsk troops”, in addition to regular units, 15 thousand “werewolves” are needed, while only 300 enthusiasts came to the “Trident” and “Rubezh” “exercises”, and to the recent June “ Rain" – 450.
To the great chagrin of the “werewolves”, they are not trusted with military weapons and are not allowed to shoot. The video of the paramilitaries “seizing an important object” looks cleaner than the old French comedy “Recruits Go to War.” Explosions of firecrackers are heard in the forest, voices of “bang-bang-bang” and “tra-ta-ta” are heard, after which “werewolves” creep out of the bushes in small groups, crowding near a concrete fence, behind which some shabby brick building is visible. booth.
“Quick mortar shelling” takes place (apparently) in a “loaf” that is living out its difficult life, from which at a certain moment a group runs out with something resembling a 50 mm mortar that has long been removed from service, fires a blank shot, after which everything they dive back into the “loaf” and run away from the scene of the shot at top speed.
It is also characteristic that all these operetta “exercises” should take place once every two months, but, apparently, the organizers are unable to recruit the required number of corps de ballet in camouflage to conduct them regularly enough.
“Werewolves” appeared already during the agony of Nazi Germany. The bloody leaders of the regime saved their skins at any cost, and their last bet was made on young fanatics who had not played enough of the war. Like a drowning man clutching at a straw, Hitler and his henchmen hoped that the boys with the Panzerfausts would delay the Russian tanks and give them time to retreat to pre-prepared bases in Argentina and Paraguay. Preparing idiotic hipsters to show off a copy of the M-16 to their colleagues to repel an attack by two air assault battalions is a theme from the same opera. "We are strong, but light."
The “Werewolves” did not save the Hitler regime, but they were at least properly equipped. For future Ukrainian “werewolves” there are no cartridges, training grenades and other equipment that was stolen and soaked a long time ago. But - SUGS and “I’m in awe of Ukraine!”
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