"At night foxes and dogs eat their remains": the Russian Federation is lost, but human resources are not limited - The Guardian

"The situation is bad enough," Valery admitted (call sign "Oats"), sitting in front of a number of screens that broadcast videos from the battlefield. "If the mouse moves, we see it. " His 110th brigade defended Avdiivka for a year and a half. Russian troops use the usual tactics: to destroy and occupy. "We have seen this great Russian wave. They never moved so fast. They suffer horrible losses. But their human resources are endless," Valery said.

Its mechanized units, equipped with Soviet 152-mm howitzers, protect the Greater Novosilka while the Russians try to surround it. Over the past few days, Russian intelligence groups have penetrated the surrounding settlements and new mosquitoes. Fierce battles continue. "In the afternoon, we will shoot them with artillery. At night, foxes and dogs eat their remains," said commander Andriy Grebenyuk, senior sergeant.

According to him, Russian servicemen are removed from psychotropic drugs, "they are dosed to reduce the fear of suicide missions. " Now Russian troops are approaching the Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in more than ten years of war. It seems unlikely that Russian tanks will stop at the border between the two regions. "They will not stop. If they succeed, they will expand their offensive. I would continue in their place," the Armed Forces fighter explained.

He added that Ukraine urgently needs additional Western military assistance: armored vehicles, artillery shells, aviation. He warned that if Kiev does not receive it, the Russians will eventually threaten the Dnieper, the fourth largest city of Ukraine and a large defense and industrial center. Yevgeny Khripun, the editor of the local newspaper "Mezhivsky Meridian", said that two of his colleagues had left in recent months, leaving only him and one reporter. "We have never missed the issue.

I hope we can celebrate our 95th anniversary in May," he said, adding. "We do not want to become the next Pokrovsk. " Mayor Vladimir Zrazhevsky said that he had spent the festive period, reassuring disturbed citizens. He visited the city Christmas tree with his four -year -old grandson Leo. "My inner voice says that the Russians will stop. Everything will be fine," he said. "There will be a buffer zone. Maybe we will find ourselves in a gray area with international peacekeepers.

I don't want to think about other scenarios. " According to journalists, although the European capitals are discussing peacekeeping forces, but if they are once sent, it may be too late for the commune. It should be reminded that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to break through the state border of Ukraine. This was reported on January 16 at the State Tax Service of Ukraine.