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Nov 15 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Poorly equipped mobilised Russian troops on the left bank of the Dnieper, south of Kherson, have abandoned their positions in the face of Ukrainian mortar and drone attacks against which they have no defence. ⬇️
2/ Mobilised soldiers from Smolensk oblast say they were sent from place to place to dig trenches, building fortifications from old Soviet slabs. The men were not informed by their superiors of the Ukrainian recapture of Kherson.
3/ The men were equipped with only old short-range weapons – Kalashnikov and Mosin rifles and grenade launchers. They were defenceless against mortar and drone attacks and were shelled while "doing their everyday business" (going to the toilet?), causing deaths.
4/ They had no communication with their leadership or even between units. The men say that after suffering more Ukrainian drone attacks, "There was nothing we could do at all. We were just taking casualties, so the decision was made to pull back" /end
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1/ A video emerged a couple of days ago of a verbal confrontation between mobilised Russian troops and an officer (see below from @wartranslated). Now the mobilised soldier at the centre of the argument faces charges and up to 15 years in prison. ⬇️
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