Russian forces have suffered a spike in troop losses in the last three months after launching an offensive on Avdiivka.
A Russian soldier has described how he was sent to the frontline in Ukraine after only getting minimal training, in a video that has gone viral.
Ukrainian internal affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko posted the clip on X (formerly Twitter) of the unnamed Russian serviceman describing how he had been “sent to slaughter” in the war.
It comes as Russia suffers huge losses in the offensive it launched in October towards Avdiivka, in the Donetsk oblast, which has seen a spike in troop deaths, according to Ukrainian and Western estimates.
The video was posted on the pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Brati Yakovlevi whose YouTube channel has a series of videos of Russian troops who have voluntarily surrendered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
