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‼️ Soldiers share trenches with the dead,out of 100 company soldiers, only 20 can still fight, - Spiegel about the situation at the front

The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough personnel, and those soldiers who are currently fighting are tired of the fighting and difficult conditions of service.

The wife of a soldier who has been near Bakhmut for more than a year reported that her husband “is sitting in a dirty, cold position, less than 100 meters from the enemy.”

“Sometimes he shares the trench with the dead, because the shelling is so strong that no one can take out the bodies. Once he went to the position and there was no contact with him for 10 days,” said Irina Topinko, a resident of the Zhytomyr region.

The military says that mobilization needs to be strengthened, but now it is taking place “not according to clear criteria developed in public discourse, but secretly, with accusations of arbitrariness and corruption.”

"Anyone who doesn't have money or connections, or simply doesn't act quickly enough, can fall victim to increasingly brutal methods. Authorities catch men on the street or at work and drag them to training camps."

But those who end up at the front this way are often incompetent soldiers.

“There are alcoholics among the recruits, says one of the commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleg. They couldn’t even dig trenches, and the military police detained them for drunkenness.”

Therefore, there are “fewer and fewer soldiers” on the front line.

“Soldiers report that out of almost 100 people in their company, only 20 can still fight. There are not enough people in all units,”- Spiegel interlocutors say.