Nice article in the Economist. There is a photograph at the top of the article, showing a senior officer, in uniform, addressing his troops. The senior (let's guess he is a colonel) is wearing nice new American style digital cammies, desert tan combat boots and no hat. Which is against Anglo American military custom. You are supposed to wear a hat out of doors, in uniform. His troops are standing in line, at attention, and to a first glance seem well equipped. Look a little harder, all except one man are wearing combat boots. The man in the middle is wearing Adidas running shoes, with the white stripes. Half the combat boots are the desert tan and the other half black leather. The men in the front rank (except for one) are wearing hats, but every man is wearing a different hat. The men all carry their rifles American style, clipped to web gear on their fronts, muzzle down. Of the front rank of eight men, I see three different styles of rifle.
These guys might have a chance against separatist rebels, but I think Russian regular troops could eat them alive.
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