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Published January 23, 2024, 5:31 PM ET
Russia is using a “meat wave” strategy in which dozens of poorly trained soldiers die on the front lines against Ukraine to make way for the Kremlin’s more valuable elite units, and their frozen corpses are then left on the battlefield.
A Ukrainian sniper stationed in Avdiivka, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place, recently said the Kremlin's tactics send its troops “just back and forth to die,” CNN reported.
The special forces officer, identified only by his call sign “Bess,” told the outlet that after the shooting and drone strikes stopped, the bodies of the dead Russian soldiers were “just lying there frozen.”
“No one is evacuating them, no one is taking them away,” he said. “It feels like people don’t have a specific purpose, they just go and die.”
Despite seemingly suffering heavy casualties, the Russian army is still making steady progress in Avdiivka and elsewhere, overwhelming Ukrainian forces through sheer numbers before the Kremlin's elite paratroopers and marines arrive to make the final push in the heated battles afford to.
Inexperienced Russian soldiers can easily be spotted and killed by Ukrainian snipers and drones in Avdiivka. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram However, the numerous Russian bodies are not recovered and simply lie frozen on the battlefield. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram The tactic has been described as a “meat wave,” with Russia apparently sending wave after wave of troops to overwhelm its enemy. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram
The tactic is not without its critics. The Ukrainian Post reported last week that the more elite Kremlin forces following the “meat thresholds” reject the strategy for fear of mass deaths in Russia.
According to Important Stories, an independent Russian news agency, more than 100 relatives of Russian soldiers also rejected the tactic and wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin last month after the order was given to move injured soldiers to fight in Avdiivka.
But the commander of a Ukrainian drone reconnaissance unit in Avdiivka said it was clear that the “flesh attack” strategy had not stopped and was proving effective in the eastern Ukrainian city.
“If we can kill 40 to 70 soldiers with drones one day, the next day they will renew their forces and continue to attack,” the commander told CNN.
The unnamed leader added that Ukraine could make progress against the invading Russian waves if weapons and ammunition supplies did not run out.
Russian forces attempted to advance along the front line before being attacked by Ukrainian soldiers. @BUAR110ombr/Telegram
The commander's comments came as soldiers stationed near Bakhmut realized their crews were running out of ammunition for their U.S.-supplied M109 Paladin howitzer.
Russia, on the other hand, is rapidly increasing its own firepower, exceeding that of Ukraine. Moscow is even using reserves from the Soviet era to fuel attacks near the border.
“The ratio is about 10 to 1,” one commander told CNN. “Russia is a country that produces ammunition and has strategic reserves. Yes, they use old Soviet systems. But Soviet systems can still kill.”
Norwegian General Eirik Kristoffersen also warned on Sunday that Moscow is building up its weapons stockpile much faster than previously thought, widening the gap with Ukraine and threatening to spread the war to the rest of Europe.
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