Ukraine has been rationing ammunition and bullets; meanwhile the Russian army has been using ‘human wave’ tactics by sending poorly trained recruits to the frontline in a bid to force Ukraine use up all of its ammunition.
In Ukraine, the army has been on the backfoot over the last few months; and despite the US package of $61 billion (€56.6 billion) of military support, experts say it will be sufficient merely to hold the frontline and possibly regain some lost territory.
The situation has deteriorated in large part due to a serious shortage of ammunition and weapons from Western allies; where Ukrainian forces say they have been rationing bullets.
Ukraine has been forced to abandon territory westward beginning with Avdiivka in Donetsk region in February.
Due to a distinct lack of military support, Russia has gained and maintained momentum.
Questionable if the are fully aware what their role is. I’m sure they know their lot in life is to serve, but do they know they are suicide troops?
I doubt they are explicitly told they are cannon fodder.
But I also doubt they have been offered a lot of other options, either.
“Fight and maybe die, or refuse and guaranteed you will die a slow painful death in a gulag.”
I’m sure their level of awareness vary quite a bit. I didn’t mean to imply they’re all aware.