The situation of in the Lyman’s front line es quite complicated. Military equipment is becoming scarce and many soldiers are sent to fight without even wearing protective equipment.
According to Ukrainian soldiers present in the area, Russian commanders are disregarding the lives of their own troops and they are condemning to a practically certain death at the hands of the
Igor Komok, deputy commander of the 2nd mechanized battalion of the 66th independent mechanized brigade of Ukrainehe pointed out, in statements to the British media that this way of proceeding on the part of the Russian army “It’s a new trend. “Especially if we compare it with last year, when there were practically no similar cases.”
The 66th independent mechanized brigade of Ukraine has shown the aforementioned media images in which you can see at least six Russian soldiers who have recently lost their lives without wearing protective equipment.
In this sense, Komok has assured that in the recent Russian battalions that have tried to advance towards the Ukrainian positions “Helmets were only worn in four of the last 20 groups”so Russian soldiers who are not provided with protective equipment “These are not isolated cases.”
For its part, Dmytro Zhmailo, executive director of the Center for Security and Cooperation of Ukrainehas expressed that “the lack of protective equipment is a adaptation to current conditions on the front linewhere the Russian military is suffering disproportionately high losses in daily ‘meat grinder’ assaults.
In this regard, Zhmailo has assured that most Russian assault troops are treated as “disposable”since they do not receive protective equipment or good quality training.
Furthermore, the executive director of the Center for Security and Cooperation of Ukraine added that this lack of protection could also be a form of punishment for disobeying Russian commanders.
“In the Russian army, It is very common to ‘punish’ staff by ‘setting them to zero’that is, when the commanders “They deliberately send their fighters to certain death using Ukrainian drones.”Zhmailo said.
