Putin’s Troops Are ‘Mentally And Physically Exhausted’ From Fighting In ‘True Hell’ In Ukraine’s Donbas

Vladimir Putin has caused his soldiers to become “mentally and physically exhausted” by forcing them into “true heel” in the Donbas region.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has claimed that Vladimir Putin’s military is facing several damaging issues.

The problems are related to personnel, with soldiers unable to take scheduled breaks from intense combat conditions.

Citing a Russian report, the ministry said footage showed the wives of soldiers directly appealing to a local politician to let their husbands return home from fighting in Ukraine.

They claimed they were “mentally and physically exhausted” having been on active combat duty since the invasion began.

The Ministry of Defence said: “In late June, a Russian-language media agency based in Russia’s far eastern Lake Baikal region uploaded a video in which the wives of soldiers from the Eastern Military District’s (EMD’s) 36th Combined Arms Army directly appealed to a local politician for their husbands to be returned home from service in Ukraine.

“One woman claimed that personnel of EMD’s 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade are ‘mentally and physically exhausted’, because they have been on active combat duty since the launch of the ‘special military operation’ on 24 February 2022.

“The lack of scheduled breaks from intense combat conditions is highly likely one of the most damaging of the many personnel issues the Russian MoD is struggling to rectify amongst the deployed force.”

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