Russia is using a “meat wave” strategy that sends dozens of poorly trained soldiers to die on the front lines against Ukraine to clear the way for the Kremlin’s most valuable elite units and then abandons their frozen corpses on the battlefield.
A Ukrainian sniper stationed in Avdiivka, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the war, recently said the Kremlin’s tactic sends its troops to “just go and die,” CNN reported.
The special forces officer, identified only by her callsign, “Bess,” told the outlet that once the shooting and drone strikes stop, the bodies of the dead Russian soldiers “just lie there frozen.”
“No one evacuates them, no one takes them,” he said. “It seems like people don’t have a specific task, they just go and die.”
Even though they appear to be suffering heavy losses, the Russian army is still making steady progress at Avdiivka and elsewhere by overwhelming the Ukrainian forces by their sheer numbers before the Kremlin’s elite paratroopers and marines arrive to make the final push in the heated battles.
Ukrainian snipers and drones easily detect and kill inexperienced Russian soldiers in Avdiivka. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram However, dozens of Russian corpses are not recovered and simply lie frozen on the battlefield. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram The tactic has been described as a “meat wave,” in which Russia appears to send wave after wave of troops to overwhelm its enemy. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram
The tactic is not without its detractors. The Ukrainian Post reported last week that the Kremlin’s elite troops tracking the “meat waves” oppose the strategy for fear of mass Russian deaths.
More than 100 relatives of Russian soldiers also opposed the tactic and wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin last month after orders were issued to redeploy wounded soldiers to the fight in Avdiivka, according to Important Stories, a media outlet. independent russian news.
But the commander of a Ukrainian drone reconnaissance unit in Avdiivka said it is clear that the “meat attack” strategy has not stopped and is proving effective in the eastern Ukrainian city.
“If we can kill 40 to 70 soldiers with drones in one day, the next day they renew their forces and continue attacking,” the commander told CNN.
The leader, who was not identified, added that Ukraine could make progress against Russian invading waves if supplies of weapons and ammunition were not dwindling.
Russian forces attempted to advance along the front before being attacked by Ukrainian soldiers. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram
The commander’s comments came as soldiers stationed near Bakhmut acknowledged that their crews were running out of ammunition needed for their U.S.-supplied M109 Paladin howitzer.
Russia, on the other hand, is rapidly beefing up its own firepower and outsupplying Ukraine, and Moscow is even using Soviet-era reserves to fuel attacks near the border.
“The ratio is about 10 to 1,” one commander told CNN. “Russia is a country that produces ammunition and has strategic reserves. Yes, they use old Soviet systems. But Soviet systems can still kill.”
Norwegian General Eirik Kristoffersen also warned Sunday that Moscow is increasing its weapons arsenal at a much faster pace than previously anticipated, widening the gap with Ukraine and threatening the spread of the war to the rest of Europe.
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