Let's check-in with how things are going for Russia near Kharkiv. Yep, Putin's conscripts are nothing more than cannon fodder.
Russian soldier says army suffering heavy losses in Kharkiv offensive
Anton Andreev says only 12 out of 100 soldiers remained alive after unit came under Ukrainian fire and drones in Vovchansk
https://www.theguardian.com/world/a...y-suffering-heavy-losses-in-kharkiv-offensive
Anton Andreev, a Russian soldier from the fifth company of the 1009th regiment, painted a bleak picture of Russia’s offensive in the Ukrainian northern region of Kharkiv.
His unit had been decimated, he said, with only 12 out of 100 soldiers still alive as they came under constant Ukrainian fire and drones in Vovchansk, a prime target of Russia’s advances.
“They just chop us up. We are sent under machine guns, under drones in daylight, like meat. And commanders just shout ‘forward and forward’,” Andreev said in a video message.
Fighting has been raging near the city of Kharkiv since Russian troops crossed the border to open a new front on 9 May.
In the first week of the offensive, Russian troops seized about 99 sq miles of Ukrainian territory – some of its biggest gains in 18 months –
raising serious questions about Kyiv’s ability to defend itself.
But Ukraine has been largely able to
stabilise the front, alleviating immediate fears in the west that Moscow might be able to encircle Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city.
“I don’t know if I will get out of this or not, but I need to say this to honour the memory of those who died like meat here because of certain individuals,” Andreev said in the
clip, which was first published by the Russian outlet Astra and verified by the Guardian.
“You walk through the street, and everything seems to be fine,” he continued. “But then you get caught up in a massacre. During the first night, half the company immediately died.”
Russian state media and senior officials continue to say its troops are on the advance in the direction of Kharkiv. Putin has claimed that Russian losses were “of course several times less than on the Ukrainian side” and
the Kremlin has also gone to great lengths to ensure that accounts such as Andreev’s are kept from the public.
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