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“If our team doesn’t return when something bad happens, this video will be posted online immediately.”
This video purports to show a group of Russian soldiers before they were sent by Putin to attack Klishchiivka towards Bakhmut. They complain about the understaffing of the Russian army and its inadequate equipment.
“Here in Klishchiivka we lost about 1,000 people, maybe even more, 1,200. There is nothing left to do there. This could be the last time you see the boys.”
The men – 10 members plus 5 for support – were supposedly assigned to occupy a residential area where Ukrainian forces were clearly outnumbered.
“For your information: In Klishchiyivka, two Leopard tanks are operating from the sea side. The zone is completely shelled and shelled.”
“They are better armed. We have no magazines, nothing. The machine guns are miserable.”
The Russian soldiers have the following message for their families:
“No one hides their face. If anything happens to us, we want to tell our relatives that we fought to the end for Russia and for your benefit. We’re not cowards, we’ll do our thing anyway. Nobody will be afraid, nobody will run away.”
The video was allegedly recorded on September 19th. It is not known whether the clip was actually released because of the deaths of the soldiers as announced in it.
Reports about the inadequate equipment of the Russian armed forces continue. A video recently surfaced that is supposed to show an outdated Russian army tank.
The strange thing is that it is equipped with an apparently self-made drone defense system. According to Forbes, the Soviet-era tank is said to be the oldest combat vehicle on the Ukrainian front.
