1/ A Russian warblogger fighting in eastern Ukraine says that an unprecedented number of Ukrainian FPV drones is causing huge casualties. He claims that both sides are using chemical weapons and complains about the quality of reinforcements.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1938994397435044250
2/ The 'How I went to war. Platon Mamatov' Telegram channel highlights recent aspects of the war:
"1. Walking through the forest belts to the Dnepropetrovsk region, there are many corpses, I have never seen so many during the entire war. There are really a lot of them."
"1. Walking through the forest belts to the Dnepropetrovsk region, there are many corpses, I have never seen so many during the entire war. There are really a lot of them."
3/ "2. We are not angels either, we also use chemical weapons somewhere, but we are somewhere with them, I can't see, but when they were poisoning us, when I was running from an FPV to the dugout (knowing that it was there).
4/ "I ran in there, saw foam-covered corpses and smelled the smell... I ran out right away, I didn't give a damn about the FPV.
5/ "3. [The drones] fly in a swarm, they sit in the grass and take off. So many guys die from these waiting ones. This has never happened before, life did not prepare me for this.
6/ "4. To leave the front line dehydrated, thin, with an eternal thirst to run to the potty and empty eyes... not every one of us could do it.
7/ "Someone galloped off cheerfully with a piece of shrapnel in his hand, someone ran away, showed up 2 weeks later (hid in the basement, found food there), someone was simply recognised as MIA.
8/ "5. From the latest update, shooting from a Kalashnikov is crap, [use] MR [shotgun] or anything with shot. FPVs are everywhere, even in the forest belts, a meter above the path between the trees.
9/ "6. Tired of the same thing. The Ukrainians are in the plantations or houses. We sort it all out, then go and occupy the remains, then the Ukrainians sort us out and there are bald gaps or mini holes left.
10/ "7. Reinforcements come, there are few ideological ones, or old men who will die themselves, and the guys who will save them will be dragged along with them.
11/ "Those who have not found a role in civilian life or need money [come here], and here they go nuts, and there is no way back. Those who are running from the law, killed someone – only [joined] 7 days ago and already earning money. Those who want to quit drinking or drug use.
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