The Washington Post published a deep dive on how one particular Russian brigade has fared during the invasion of Ukraine. The 200th brigade was considered one of Russia’s best. It’s home was the Russian Kola Peninsula in the far north where Russian submarines and nuclear missiles are stored. At the start of the war the 200th was made up of around 1,400 men. By summer it had been reduced to about half of that number and today there’s basically nothing left, at least not as an effective fighting force.
The decline of the 200th started in January when they were put on trains for a 1200 mile journey south to the border with Ukraine where they were told they’d be taking part in drills.
The troops, like others in the invading force, were led to believe they were deploying to take part in drills, according to Ukrainian officials citing accounts of captured 200th soldiers. Only at 3 a.m. on Feb. 24 were they told, “There will be shooting,” an official said.
A convoy of about 100 brigade vehicles began streaming across the border that morning. Photos taken by civilians show one of the unit’s tanks being used to set up a roadblock on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv — an attempt to impose order that soon proved futile...............To Read More..
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