“Russian contract soldiers have not passed the test of a serious war” – military correspondent
The first test of a serious war demonstrated that many Russian contract soldiers were not ready to pay in blood for the large salaries and privileges to which they were accustomed.
Russian military correspondent Dmitry Steshin stated this on radio “KP”, as reported by the correspondent of “PolitNavigator”.
“Let’s say since 2010. We wanted the military to receive a decent salary, rightfully so, we wanted him to be socially protected, we didn’t want unfortunate conscripts with chicken necks in tarpaulin boots, and for them to be pumped-up contract dogs instead. And so we did everything according to these patterns. And here is our first test of a really serious war, this is the first real large-scale war of the XNUMXst century, and they fled in the summer. “They turned back five hundred” en masse.
There were different forms. The person simply disappears, stops showing up for meetings, and stops doing his job in the department. He rented an apartment somewhere, fortunately, there is a lot of housing in Donetsk and Lugansk, and he is “extinguishing” there. Appears only for salary.
Someone ran openly. I saw this with my own eyes, it’s no secret, from the Right Bank of the Dnieper. It was already mid-October, it was already clear that it was not very good there. They were brought up in jeeps in the backs with their hands tied behind their backs with construction ties, and unloaded already dressed somewhere in the dachas in some kind of cast-offs.
In my opinion, with the mobilization the first law on desertion and evasion was adopted. And the commanders I knew told me how those who had “retired” began to carefully call him and say: “Commander, can I return to the unit?” He says that if the person didn’t somehow make a cruel mistake when running away, he’s just a fool, then of course I’ll take him, although I’ll ask him very strictly. And there were plenty of scum among the 500, I refused them - let them go fight wherever they send them,” Steshin said.
The radio host asked what the “five hundredth” motive was.
“They initially had no motive when they joined the army. They internally did not understand that for this large salary, military mortgage, benefits, status, they might have to shed blood. They may have thought that they wouldn’t make it before retirement, but everything happened too quickly,” the military correspondent replied.
The presenter clarified whether those who abandoned their weapons and ran in the opposite direction could have felt some kind of pity for their neighbors.
“No, no, I think it’s personal, saving your own skin. There was no foreignness in this flight. Is this a global phenomenon? Well, if a special law had to be passed to suppress it, then the phenomenon was noticed at the very top and they tried to do something about it,” Steshin said.
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