Crisis in Ukraine. Please share. Arkadiy Babchenko March 5, 2014 I'm curious whether Shoigu himself has understood what he did when he repeated Grachev's exploit. In hand-waving terms, the Russian Federation's Minister of Defence has just PUBLICLY RENOUNCED his own soldiers. Exactly like Grachev did it in 1994, when the tank column with Russian military men was burnt in Grozny. And the officers of the Kantemir Division were being captivated. „These are not our soldiers,“ told Grachev then. - These are not our soldiers, claims Shoigu now. It is already eighteen years that I am connected with the army. Meanwhile my conviction „Army will abandon you, sunny. Always“ became certainty. During this period I understood absolutely clearly that this country will send you to fight in Bum Fuck Egypt, will betray you, will sell you and finally will renounce you. I know this fairly well. I experienced this first-hand. Army will leave you, sunny. Always. It has just left it...