Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "Collapse of the Soviet Army (1989-1993)" video.

@BlaBla-pf8mf the sinking of Moskva debunked that myth, sorry. Conscripts WERE sent to this conflict. Significant amount of sailors weren't trained career military professionals, forcibly conscripted and sent forward ukranian civilians weren't career military and russian conscripts fooled and forced to sign contract after the conflict started under promise that they won't be sent to Ukraine weren't career military personnel. Russian military in Ukraine is "small"(yeah, compared to mobilized country fighting for its life and in terms of infantry alone?!) solely because Russia can't control more. They're aftaid of domestic protests, they lack trained officers and NCOs(whom were never the focus of thier military training), there is a limit to how thin they can stretch chechen forces at the back line to prevent soldiers from leaving(they already failed on several occasions).
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