This is where the Russian soldiers die. Why do they voluntarily run to the slaughterhouse?

The Russian tactics at the front are causing shockingly high casualties. But there is a plan behind it.

It has happened many times every single day along the front all winter. On some days it has happened 70-80 times, according to Ukrainian reports. Countless videos show the same thing: Russian soldiers trying to attack. They advance – until they meet Ukrainian resistance.

The purpose is to reveal the Ukrainian positions. Thus, Russian artillery can find out where the Ukrainians are.

A Russian attack manual sheds light on how Putin’s generals have tried in vain to win the winter war.

And behind it lies one of the biggest questions in the Ukraine war: Why do so many Russian soldiers allow themselves to be led to the slaughterhouse?

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