The Russian army uses wounded soldiers on the front lines during the slow and grueling summer offensive. The respective assault squads are often made up of freed prisoners and maimed infantrymen. This is reported by the British publication The Daily Telegraph, reports UNN.
Russia is sending wounded soldiers back to the front line in "meat wave" attacks. The tactic shows a clear disregard for infantrymen as commanders throw thousands to the front line in a slow and grueling summer offensive, writes the Telegraph.
Meat assault squads are often made up of infantrymen, freed prisoners, and mutilated men.
Some All-Russian Army soldiers were captured as they returned to the battlefield on crutches. In addition, according to The Daily Telegraph, soldiers have recorded a video asking their superiors to give them proper treatment when they receive orders to return to combat.
Why send wounded and exhausted men into battle? It's the same as sending people to their deaths
Another video shows a group of wounded people, some walking on crutches, desperately declaring that this is their last chance to make a stand.
"Hear us, please hear us, hear us, hear us. This is our last chance. We have no more options," they said on camera.
A Ukrainian soldier with the call sign "Hunter" said that Russian soldiers are "just left at their positions to die.
This is a common situation when wounded Russian military personnel are captured. According to them, they were left by their own comrades without food and water to die
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Despite a high-profile reshuffle in the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the use of suicide attacks using the human wave does not seem to have decreased.
Many Ukrainian soldiers who spoke to The Telegraph said they hesitated to rescue the Russians because of their unwavering determination to keep fighting even after being captured.
some wounded soldiers want to surrender quickly, but he has seen others "shoot to the last man," even trying to detonate grenades as they receive medical attention.