Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ A Russian warblogger has compiled a series of updates from the Russian perspective of the ongoing fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine. "We're just going like a herd to the slaughter," says one soldier. ⬇️

2/ The Russian blogger 'DONTSTOPWAR' has summarised the current situation at the front based on "information from our fighters on the ground":

3/ "Novopavlivske direction. Came east of Kotlyarivka. Thought we'd advance now. Fuck it. As soon as they started storming, we were met like dogs. Artillery, drones, fire from everywhere. We pressed ourselves to the outskirts and that's it, a meat grinder began.

4/ "Someone was screaming, someone was vomiting, someone was no longer screaming because they were lying down. And the battle did not subside. We clung on like animals. Because there was no way out. Either there or into the ground.

5/ "Bohdanivka: We secured ourselves in the west. Literally sat on bones. In a couple of minutes, the first FPV. They arrive and whoever didn't have time to lie down, that's 200 [dead]. We're just getting cut up, but we're not leaving. Not because of heroism, just nowhere to go.

6/ "Fedorivka - Komar: We are sitting in Fedorivka from the south. The village before us was covered, as if it was kneaded alive. Then the drone dropped leaflets. "Surrender and Live." I looked at this piece of paper for a long time, and then burned it. I don't want to die.

7/ "But I just don't have the strength to live like a rat in a hole. Komar is the next target. Let's go out there and get some breathing room. If we survive that long.

8/ "Limanske: This is hell! After Katerynivka, they gave us the order to move forward. Who the fuck knows. We're just going like a herd to the slaughter. Zelenaya Dolina, deathly silence. It's even worse than when they're beating us.

9/ "Because you know they're going to fuck you up soon. Torske is the key. If we take them, we'll cut them off. If we don't take them, we'll put them in a sack. It's either you or me. Almost no one is talking anymore. They just stare. Empty eyes.

10/ "Pokrovsk: We're holding out there for now. They've got drones, artillery, everything as it should be. It's salty hell. The artillery is working, then more are flying in for those who didn't make it. At least our drones are fixing something. They cleared a piece of Kotlino.

11/ "The floodplain is right under our noses. We can see it, almost smell it. All that's left is to not die to take it.

12/ "Pischane, Shevchenko, Lysivka: Pischane is rotten. Shevchenko is meat. There is a fight going on inside the village, like in hell. Lysivka... Quiet. But such silence that it makes your teeth ache. The north is behind us, the south is empty.

13/ "It seems that even the birds don't fly here. Every sound seems like they came for you." /end

Source:
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