Do the nitwits and failsons at the UKMOD not realize that Russia is not Afghanistan or Somalia? Russia is a developed nation with one of the largest armament industries on the planet. This is literally rehashed, long-debunked Nazi propaganda from WW2 that depicted the Soviets as using pitchforks instead of rifles. Who is actually going to fall for this?
At this point I genuinely cannot tell if they are all failsons who literally fell for their own propaganda or are desperate to convince liberals that everything is OK while their nation falls apart.
The article is mostly describing the increase in intense close combat fighting as Ukraine and Russia go to the mat for Bakhmut. It’s still propaganda and it’s definitely taking advantage of the “no one reads past headlines” rule of media consumption, but it doesn’t say Russians are being sent to the front without guns
I am baffled by the "firearms" part of that comment. That's how we do war now.
Yea there’s no reason for the article to exist and it even says something along the lines of “the BBC cannot verify the ministers comments” so it’s literally just a press release from the British brass
Bruh they gave me a weapon wtf i hate the army fr
Imagine not getting sent to the frontline armed with a chainsaw.
Why even fight?
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Russian soldiers stripping off their clothes and uniforms because adding a shovel to their loadout causes them to fat-roll.
naked (inside clothes (inside body armor (inside a tank)))
That does make the headline as close to an explicit lie as it can get without officially being one, the sole implication of the wording is that they are being sent without guns.