As Morale Tanks, Discontent Plagues Russia’s Military in Ukraine War

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/morale-tanks-discontent-plagues-russias-military-ukraine-war-213941

by jonfla

11 comments

  1. We’ve been hearing about russian bad morale since day one. Same with the word collapse. Until russian army is burned down to the ground or walk on the kremlin, I don’t care, they’re still there creating an issue.

  2. Question is: how low can they go? And if the answer is: as low as their moral ground than morale-wise we still have a long way to go…

  3. If the crap going down in Syria is doing anything, it’s another blow to morale. Lower morale means more desertions, more surrenders, more spies, more dissent.

    Russians are shockingly resiliant as people, partly because they don’t know how good we have it. And personally I don’t think it’s worth waiting for a rebellion, because Putin’s just too good at what he does – I mean, he sent people to prison for holding up blank pieces of paper.

    Part of the reason there’s been no takeover is because Putin kills anybody with ambition and takes everything they have. I mean, straight off. There is nobody strong enough to take over.

  4. I remind you that we were told Russian troops would break ranks and flee the moment they saw western tanks on the horizon. That idiotic counteroffensive last year was based entirely on that premise.

  5. Morale Tanks?

    That’s soon gonna be the only Tanks they have left…

  6. Low, low morale and yet… they still keep advancing.

    Perhaps they fear their own security services more than Ukrainian military?

  7. Russian morale has gone up and down over the course of the war but it’s never been good. Low morale is a big part of why Russian military performance has been so abysmal. If their morale is going down that’s just good news even if it doesn’t cause a mutiny.

  8. Good news for Russia, corpses can’t be discontent.

  9. Good. I hope they are having a terrible Christmas season and Santa don’t bring them shit.

  10. I feel like Putin understands discontent as he’s just not pushing them hard enough to their death. If they live long enough to get upset then he just moves more soldiers to the front faster.

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