Russian troops drinking on the job

 Insider:

Russia is desperate to make up for devastating troop losses in Ukraine, and it has recently begun training new volunteer battalions that are meant to help it turn the tide in a war that doesn't appear to be going its way.

But one such unit, the 3rd Army Corps, has troops apparently spending much of their time inebriated and bothering local residents in the area where it's training, per a Wall Street Journal report. Such observations may indicate that these recent recruits lack discipline and will struggle to bolster Russia's war effort in a significant capacity.

According to the Journal, residents in the town of Mulino — where training has been underway — have been complaining about the new combat unit on social media.

"The whole village is suffering because of these volunteers," a woman who identified as Ksenia Glotova wrote on the Russian social network VK, the report said. "They walk around in groups and harass. It would be one thing if they were being trained and stayed on their base. But they're walking around drunk from 11 am."
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So far they are not getting drunk at breakfast.  I have seen other reports of Russian soldiers found drunk.  They appear to have a problem with alcoholism in the ranks.

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