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On the Lyman axis, the enemy is attacking with massive amounts of infantry. Poorly trained fighters are being sent forward, abandoned without water or food.
This was stated on Army TV by Rostyslav Yashchyshyn, Head of the Communications Section of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade.
According to him, it is becoming increasingly clear how important Lyman is for the enemy. The occupiers have received fresh reinforcements and are throwing vast numbers of untrained infantry against the Defense Forces.
“We tried to roughly estimate how many times they outnumber us, but we couldn’t calculate it. But you know what we did calculate? We can operate with objective figures for November. The battalion of unmanned systems eliminated exactly 600 occupiers during November. With zero losses. That is 600–0, which I consider absolutely fantastic”, — said the brigade’s communications chief.
The enemy is advancing with truly enormous forces, showing no regard for its soldiers — which is already a familiar story for the Russian army.
“They infiltrate, they wander around. They walk like zombies, you know. They have no means of survival. We published a video confession of one captured occupier. He said they literally prayed for rain so they could drink water from puddles”, — Rostyslav Yashchyshyn noted.
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