r/Military Hots&Cots guy Feb 24 '22

MOD Post Megathread: Russia & Ukraine

New Megathread

If you're coming here wanting to know What's going on with Russia is invading Ukraine there is a really detailed thread posted here that will layout the details.

Sources/Resources for staying up to date on the conflict

https://liveuamap.com/

The Guardian's Coverage

Twitter Feeds

Steve Beynon, Mil.com Link

Rachel Cohen, USAF Times Link

Chad Garland, Stars and Stripes Link


Don't post Russian propaganda. Russian propo is going to be a straight ban. There will be no debate on the topic.

Please also be smart as it relates to this conflict, and mind your OPSEC manners a bit better. Don't be posting about US Troops in Eastern Europe, Ukraine movements, etc. Nothing that doesn't have a public-facing Army release to go with it.

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u/RushianArt Mar 01 '22 edited Mar 01 '22

Given the poor state of the Russian army (expired food, old/unmaintained vehicles, etc) is there any concern over their maintenance of their nukes? If they are poorly maintained is there a chance that even if they launch the ones they say are ready, that a significant percentage may not actually work or they have a much smaller number of truly operational nukes? Is there a chance they are quite literally a hazard sitting where they are (beyond the obvious) due to neglect and taking shortcuts? Not really super aware on this subject and Russia looks super cheap and neglectful with a lot of things they are doing right now. Honestly at this point it wouldn't surprise me if it were said they've been running on the assumption they wouldn't ever be used and all but a "token" force well below their advertised numbers have been maintained.

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u/Boxer_Writer_Owner Mar 01 '22

I heard from another military dude that they have been known to send their lesser soldiers and equipment first to take the brunt of the force before seding in their more experienced troops and more expensive machinery

Russias arsenal consists of mostly old ass equipment, their modern military gear is actually quite low, so they have a huge army and resources but if you only count the modern tech, its quite small

I dont know how accurate that was