In a concerning development, Russia’s military is grappling with a significant mental health crisis. More than 100,000 Russian soldiers are reportedly unfit for combat due to mental health is…
  • @xantoxis@lemmy.world
    23•9 months ago

    It’s kinda weird to frame this as a “major setback”. They didn’t just find 100,000 unfit soldiers on Tuesday, this is cumulative over what sounds like at least a year. It’s a problem for Russia’s military, yes, but it doesn’t change anything right now.

    • @dasgoat@lemmy.world
      10•9 months ago

      And also it’s Russia, and Putin’s Russia at that. Does this mean he’s not just gonna put them on the frontlines anyway, or some backline infantry units. Unfit doesn’t mean you can’t just give them a gun and tell them where to shoot.

  • @UniquitousEnglish
    8•9 months ago

    Lucky break for those guys. Unless Vlad has them shot out of spite.

    • @100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world
      2•9 months ago

      That would be a waste, penal batallion for human wave attacks seems like something they’d use them for. That’s a neat trick the Russian army copied from the wagnerites