But I do know that it makes no military sense or any sense to try to put an IED into some girl's piano
What sense do you seek from average Russian soldier? Average Russian soldier would shoot their own wife if that was an order (and yes, I heard that from said average Russian officer). Booby trapping a piano for lulz? That's just being creative. And that's given that I personally don't believe that story all that much.
And neither does the constant shelling of Donetsk
Yeah, Donetsk so constantly shelled it has roads more intact than any unshelled city in Russia, let alone houses (before the war, that is).
What sense do you seek from average Russian soldier?
How exactly would this benefit them?
Average Russian soldier would shoot their own wife if that was an order (and yes, I heard that from said average Russian officer).
Empty bragging, I assume. My soldiers are SO obedient, they'd shoot their own mother if I gave them the order. They're not exactly Prussians. And this would not explain the poor morale that is frequently asserted about Russians right now.
Typical Russians don't act in self-benefit, they act in dragging everyone else down. Trust me, I am very familiar with this routine having grown up in it.
Empty bragging, I assume.
Nope, a very real case when that came to deal with protests in Far East when Putin decided it was time to change the local duke for someone from his security.
My soldiers are SO obedient, they'd shoot their own mother if I gave them the order.
No, he was talking about himself above all, and outright warning (threatening if you wish) his wife not to appear on said protests because that would be the consequence. He could get an order to shoot and he would shoot, even if above the head.
And this would not explain the poor morale that is frequently asserted about Russians right now.
Does it need to? If anything, there's a myriad reasons for poor morale for Russian troops self-evident to anyone who bothered to follow this war.
What sense do you seek from average Russian soldier? Average Russian soldier would shoot their own wife if that was an order (and yes, I heard that from said average Russian officer). Booby trapping a piano for lulz? That's just being creative. And that's given that I personally don't believe that story all that much.
Yeah, Donetsk so constantly shelled it has roads more intact than any unshelled city in Russia, let alone houses (before the war, that is).
How exactly would this benefit them?
Empty bragging, I assume. My soldiers are SO obedient, they'd shoot their own mother if I gave them the order. They're not exactly Prussians. And this would not explain the poor morale that is frequently asserted about Russians right now.
Typical Russians don't act in self-benefit, they act in dragging everyone else down. Trust me, I am very familiar with this routine having grown up in it.
Nope, a very real case when that came to deal with protests in Far East when Putin decided it was time to change the local duke for someone from his security.
No, he was talking about himself above all, and outright warning (threatening if you wish) his wife not to appear on said protests because that would be the consequence. He could get an order to shoot and he would shoot, even if above the head.
Does it need to? If anything, there's a myriad reasons for poor morale for Russian troops self-evident to anyone who bothered to follow this war.