https://t.me/yigal_levin/66658
Nepalese mercenaries in the service of the empire. According to Russian soldiers, they were simply left there to hold positions, without even being told which side the enemy was on. One of the occupiers explains: they say, don’t shoot to the south, but shoot to the north, it’s Ukraine. A good illustration of what mass is - at all times, officers have always needed light infantry to occupy areas and fill the space with manpower. Even without knowing the language, such a squad of soldiers simply holds the area, acting as a living signal.
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I would think that the guy with the plates made the choice to wear those shoes, he obviously has access to better kit. I don’t know why he would be wearing regular ass shoes though. Maybe he’s not really leaving the main trench system, wanted the plates just in case, but is mainly chilling in his cp with those shoes for the comfy factor, and to let his feet breathe? Also quite possible that russian boots suck dick and chafe and cause blisters and shit, so he just said fuck it.
When I was in the sandbox most people wore their own self-purchased footwear, but they were still combat boots that met the uniform order requirements. Any time we were inside the wire I was trying to wear my running shoes instead of boots whenever possible, but fuck me if I’d go outside the wire without boots. I mean I wouldn’t have ever been allowed, it wasn’t even anything I considered as even remotely possible. Like laws of physics level of immutable.
Looking at the videos of these trenches, I wouldn’t be caught dead walking in them in regular shoes either. Stepping on a nail is problematic in your backyard, doing so in a trench like this, and with whatever passes for a Corpsman in the russian military, runs a fair risk of leading to amputation.
To be fair, you might also just straight up die either from the infection or complications from the amputation.