“Russia has 10-12 BTGs in reserve behind its borders but no one knows their real condition. It’s complicated to get the BTGs to full capacity. Russia is desperately mobilizing from DNR/LNR…”

— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) April 20, 2022

“They’re force 55-60 year-old men into the Russian army. It’s a huge and desperate risk as among them are those who will turn their weapons against that army.”

— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) April 20, 2022

There is a story from the World War 2 Normandy Landings in 1944.

US soldiers were attempting to surround a German bunker on the beach. They started hearing yelling, then some shots and loud cheering. Suddenly a bunch of Germans soldiers exited the bunker and surrendered to the Americans.

It turned out that the soldiers were draftees who had lived in Poland until Germany forcefully incorporated their area into Germany. They were sent as a unit under a German sergeant to man a bunker on the Normandy beach. When the Americans landed the soldiers wanted to surrender, but the sergeant would not let them. So, eventually they shot the sergeant and surrendered.