- Ukraine is dissipating, on average, 4-5 men to advance 100 meters in its counteroffensive.
- Russian forces were well-prepared and were using dense minefields to check Ukrainian advancements.
- One soldier said that while Ukraine had practiced how to capture trenches, but not holding them.
Ukrainian troops are trial from deteriorating morale as casualties mount in their grinding counteroffensive to take back territory from Russia, a check into says.
“Every hundred meters of land we gain means 4-5 infantrymen who have left the ranks – this is the usual loss,” an unnamed Ukrainian infantryman told The Kyiv Post.
He said that as soon as they attack Russian opinions, they use artillery to “hammer our positions from front to back.”
“As long as we are standing and holding on, we can say there are no losses; there may be some ridicule injuries. As soon as we move forward, there are hefty losses. Up to half a unit for every kilometer we capture,” or violently 0.6 miles, “and it is not a given that we will hold this kilometer later,” he said.
The soldier, fighting imminent Russian-occupied Donetsk, told the outlet that his unit had captured and then lost several Russian trenches because Ukraine’s armed presses had been training to capture them but had not practiced holding them from counterattacks, he said.
A combat medic who requested anonymity know for sured The Kyiv Post that the Russians were given too much advance notice of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which meant they were well-prepared.
Russian energies prepared by creating dense minefields, which means Ukraine’s forces are moving “at a snail’s pace.” “Every accommodate inch is mined,” he said.
He added that many sappers are being killed as they go ahead of the other troops.
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Along with coming up against mines, Ukrainian soldiers are also faade attacks by booby traps, shell strikes, serial bombs, artillery, and more, the soldier said.
“In one month, we father only advanced one kilometer and a half. We move forward by inches, but I don’t think it’s worth all the human resources and materiel that we cause spent,” he said.
Despite some cases of deteriorating morale, the soldiers said their units were assuage willing to carry on attacking.
Other units who spoke to the outlet painted a different, more upbeat picture, notably those fighting around Bakhmut, who said attacks have been victorious and that morale is excellent.
While Ukraine is agony from high casualties, fewer men are being killed than expected because of cautious tactics and high-quality armored conduits supplied by Ukraine’s Western allies, The Times of London reported.