Los four years of war are beginning to take its toll on the Ukrainian troops. Russia has between four and five times more population than Ukraine, which makes keeping pace, in terms of number of troops, very complicated for the country presided over by .
Kostiantyn Honcharov, journalist of the international broadcasting service of German origin DW, decided to join the Ukrainian army after, in February 2022, Russia began the .
In a statement by Kostiantyn Honcharov himself, the soldier has warned that The situation of the Ukrainian forces on the front is very complicated. The fighters are at their limit.
“It is not just the fighting itself that destroys people. Despite all the debates about technological advances in modern warfare, they persist problems within the armyproblems that have accumulated over the years. and today, “They are starting to break the men on the front faster than the enemy.”the Ukrainian soldier has warned.
In this sense, Honcharov has stressed that “mass desertions in the army did not occur because soldiers suddenly became cowards or they will stop being patriots. The reason is that the members of the front units “They just reached the limit of their strength, both physically and mentally.”
“The unit does not retire to rest”
The journalist, and now a Ukrainian combatant, has assured that “the unit does not retire to rest. The time in the trenches is lengthened to inhuman limits. “The reinforcements do not arrive or are not prepared for what awaits them.”
“This is followed by decisions that look like firefighting tactics. Drivers, cooks, mortar or anti-aircraft gunners and soldiers from supply units are transferred to the infantryand without the necessary experience, they are expected to hold the line. Instead, They are also injured, killed or desertand precisely what was supposed to solve the infantry shortage only aggravates it,” added Kostiantyn Honcharov.
