According to one wife, "They have no idea what they are doing and why they are there. [My husband] Andrei is a former contract serviceman. He says: if you compare it all [with his past army experience], it's total crap."
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Forced soldiers dug under gunfire
"They threw us into the field, threw shovels at us and said: dig, otherwise [they will beat you]," says a soldier. "And we were digging trenches under [the fire of] mortars and under tanks… The tank fired at us!"
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Wives describe fighters’ simple mission
The wives say that "no special training has been given to the fighters, and their only combat mission was very simple: dig trenches and wait." Their "only job was to sit under shelling in waterlogged trenches for twenty-four hours."
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Troops sent near front lines despite promises
Sometime likely in late October or early November, they were deployed to positions near the front line. This came as a shock, as they had been told they would be serving at checkpoints in the rear or in Ukraine’s 'liberated territories'.
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Russian frontline food and water supply problems exposed
2/ I've previously highlighted the problems that the Russians are having in providing food and water to their men on the front line. Two reports from the Novosibersk-based regional newspaper NRG Novosti show what this means in practice.
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Mobilised Russians in Ukraine: famine, dirty water, no medical supplies
Mobilised Russians on the front line in Ukraine report that they are being sent no food and undrinkable water, have no medical supplies, their commanders are absent, and they are having to make 30 km journeys, likely on foot, to resupply themselves using their own money.
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Extremists and cannibals must be suppressed, with no broadcast and full blockade.
This is right. Bloodthirsty child murderers and cannibals must be crushed. No broadcast, full blockade.
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Russian state TV admits: War in Ukraine is for money, not ideology
Even on Russian state channels, it is now openly admitted that the war with Ukraine is not for an idea or for some kind of "denazification," but simply for cash. They say it in plain text.
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Utilisation des HIMARS américains près de Bakhmut
🇺🇦/🇺🇸The work of the American MLRS Himars in the Bakhmut area#HIMARSoCLOCK #Bakhmut pic.twitter.com/7kUIh7oHbL
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 16 décembre 2022/The work of the American MLRS Himars in the Bakhmut area #HIMARSoCLOCK #Bakhmut
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Large missile raid on Ukraine: 60 shot down
Gen. Zaluzhnyi said the enemy launched 76 missiles at Ukraine's critical infrastructure facilities from the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea this morning: among them, there were 72 cruise missiles and four guided air-to-surface missiles. 60 were shot down.