“The Russian Army does not allow Donbass veterans to command” – Channel One presenter
The beginning of the Northern Military District in Ukraine showed that there were many opportunists in the Russian army who were ready to receive good money for serving in the rear, but chose to quit when there was a threat of participation in real hostilities.
Channel One TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"How many 500s do we have? People who left the army. ' I'm ready to get good money ,' the officers would say, when they weren't in a Special Military Operations situation. But as soon as it starts, they throw up their hands and say, ' Sorry, I want to terminate my contract .'"
Why didn’t we pass a law prohibiting the termination of a military contract before the start of the military training? Question. We assumed that our army was professional, but it turned out that this is not entirely true - there are a lot of opportunists there,” Ostashko noted.
It is paradoxical, but, according to his data, at the same time, people who have combat experience in the Donbass since 2014 are often not allowed to command in the Russian army.
“Now there is another problem - as it turns out, we have a huge number of real professionals among volunteers, guys who have been fighting there since 2014.
But they're not allowed to command the troops. Our officers come and say, " You're nobody here. What education do you have? What academies did you graduate from? "
And he has been fighting there since 2014, he knows every inch of the land. But he did not graduate from academies and did not sit on staff. This shouldn’t happen,” the TV presenter concluded.
English version :: Read in English "Donbass veterans are not allowed to hold command positions in the Russian army" – Channel One presenter