Posted on 05/06/2025 4:43:04 PM PDT by Apparatchik
It is no secret that Russia ‘recycles’ wounded soldiers, sending them back to the front line as soon as they are mobile. Commanders have made sure that getting wounded is not a ticket out of danger. But now we are seeing more extreme cases, with soldiers still on crutches or even in wheelchairs being pushed forward in assaults.
What is behind this bizarre phenomenon? There may be method behind this gruesome madness, but there are competing explanations.
It would be easy to dismiss this sort of claim as Ukrainian propaganda. Except that apart from the many cases captured on drone video, there are also many appeals on Russian social medias as the soldiers themselves plead for intervention by senior commanders, with troops on crutches complaining that they are expected to go into combat while completely unfit for action.
In one video, a direct appeal to Putin posted by a group of about 50 men from the 26th Tank Regiment of the 47th Guards Tank Division, the soldiers say that they are being sent into combat without the standard 45-day medical leave. Some are still in casts or on crutches.
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Because all the donkeys are being utilized carrying ammo
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