In the war in Ukraine, the Russian troops repeatedly have to accept high losses. The morale of the executives does not seem to be particularly strong.
Moscow – More and more Russian military officers are fleeing the fighting in the Ukraine. This is what a soldier said as part of the partial mobilization order of the Russian President Wladimir Putin was confiscated, opposite the news portal amplification.
The soldier, who claims to have survived the shelling by Ukrainian troops near Makiivka in the Luhansk region, said that on November 2 the commanders of his unit fled the front line. This was done while his entire battalion was receiving orders to dig trenches and hold defensive positions. Oleksiy Agafonov, the soldier’s name, said Ukrainian shelling may have killed up to 500 Russian soldiers in a single day.
Ukraine War: “Complete Confusion and Disunity” in Russian Army
“We were thrown ashore, they told us to dig in, we had three shovels per battalion … we dug in as best we could and in the morning the shelling started – artillery, mortars, helicopters, we just got shelled “, says Agafonov. “As soon as it started, the officers ran away. Between the shelling, we tried to entrench ourselves, but the helicopters spotted us immediately and just started shooting at us.”
Agafonov stated that Russian men working under Putin’s Mobilization Decree of September 21, do not want to fight, and that mobilized people from across the country are being brought to the front lines to fill in the gaps in the defenses. According to him, there is “complete confusion and disunity” within the Russian military.
The British Ministry of Defense recently reported that the officers of the Russian units are required to watch out for deserting soldiers in the Ukraine war to shoot.
War in Ukraine: Russians shoot their own soldiers
The British Ministry of Defense said in an assessment of the conflict last Friday that Russian forces are likely to have started “blocking troops‘ or use ‘blocking units’ to take action against friendly soldiers who are unwilling to fight ‘due to low morale’. “These units are threatening to shoot their own retreating soldiers. They have been used by Russian forces in previous conflicts,” according to the UK Ministry of Defense.
British intelligence stated that the tactic of shooting deserters “is a testament to the poor quality, low morale and indiscipline of the Russian armed forces.” (skr)