- The UK Ministry of Defense said the Russian soldiers appear on the front lines in the crutches.
- The ministry said it is likely a sign that the Russian military medical system is “burdened by the burden.”
- Several videos of Russian soldiers have become crutches and viral playgrounds in Ukraine.
The UK Ministry of Defense said that the repeated front lines views of Russian soldiers on crutches indicate that the infected Moscow forces are returning to fight from a medical system that is fighting to keep up with.
Quoted from open source reports, the ministry wrote in Intelligence update On Sunday, it is possible that “Russian individuals with wounds are brought to the duties of anti -Ukraine with uninfected wounds, and they are often crutches.”
The twentieth joint weapons army was named, which the intelligence modernization has probably formed “offensive groups” of wounded soldiers.
The ministry wrote: “There is a realistic possibility that the Russian leaders are directing this activity to retain the employees who will be lost in the ideal medical system.”
The update indicated that Ukraine estimated that 830,000 Russian soldiers have been injured or killed in the war so far, as about 400,000 remedies in medical facilities outside the war area require.
The British ministry wrote: “The injured soldiers are likely to be returned to their units after they left the front medical facilities, prematurely, at the request of their leaders.” “This reduces the pressure on the burdened military medical system and increases the unit’s ability to track and use the wounded soldiers for operational tasks.”
He added: “The lack of appropriate medical attention in the facilities away from the front line requires the transfer of the administrative and medical burden to the forces’ units.”
The evaluation of the United Kingdom as a telegram channel in support of the Poker. Publishing clips last month Among the Russian men who wear military uniforms move on crutches across the forest area near Boucrovsk. It was many others Filmed You complain about publishing.
In mid -January, Ukrainian sources Publishing drone shots Among two men walking on crutches in an open field, he was said to be near Boucrovsk. The drone dropped many munitions on both men, and it seems that they are unable to.
However, it is not visually clear what the initial injury suffered by a man before the drone attack. It is not clear whether they intend to the Ukrainian forces or move between Russian positions.
The footage also gained traction in Russia. For example, military blogger Svyatoslav Golikov criticized the reported practice of sending the wounded forces to fight, describing it as a “complete wild sample” in A. After in late January.
“In particularly in terrible cases, a clear youth can be sent to the assault, but it is often sent to fortify the newly recovered situations,” he wrote.
Golikov wrote that it is possible that the two men were seen in the drone video without weapons or equipment because Russian soldiers are often asked to find their own supplies on the confrontation line.
Criticism also follows a recent violent reaction to Russian social media towards the treatment of the wounded, after a video This showed a virus in mid -January and showed a man wearing a military fatigue that embraced two injured Russians with a sticky stick and pistol.
The local authorities in Kezil, a city in the Russian region in Tua, told Moscow -based news agency that they were investigating the accident.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for a comment that was sent outside the regular working hours by Business Insider.
The signs of stress in the supply of forces in Russia are important, because the war is now increasingly dependent on whether Moscow or Kiev can outperform each other in terms of equipment and soldiers.
To recruit recruits, the Kremlin raised registration rewards and benefits for new expatriates, as some Russian regions see almost cash incentives on an equal footing with the American army.
Russia is already scheduled to spend nearly a third of its federal budget for defense in 2025, or 13.5 trillion rubles (at a value of $ 135 billion, at the time of the press), where its economy grows due to Western sanctions.
