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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ukraine : Russian "Meat Attacks" - Putin Sends Human Waves to Die
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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 02:29:40 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-07-04, 26xh.0712 <26xh.0713@e6t5y.net> wrote:
> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80xjne8ryxo
>
> On the frontlines, Ukrainian soldiers use a graphic term to
> describe the Russian tactics they face daily.
>
> They call them "meat assaults": waves of Russian soldiers
> coming at their defensive positions, sometimes nearly a
> dozen times in a day.
>
> Lt Col Anton Bayev of the Khartia Brigade of Ukraine’s
> National Guard says wave after wave can arrive in just
> a few hours at frontlines positions north of Kharkiv.
>
> “The Russians use these units in most cases purely to
> see where our firing equipment is located, and to constantly
> exhaust our units,” he said.
>
> “Our guys stand in positions and fight, and when four or
> five waves of the enemy come at you in a day, which you
> have to destroy without end, it is very difficult - not
> only physically, but also psychologically.”
>
> This tactic has led to staggering Russian casualties
>
> . . .
>
>    Putin doesn't care how many die or how uselessly.
>
>    EU/NATO ... THIS is the psychology you're dealing
>    with just to your east.


Sounds like what the Germans described during WWII, "human wave"
attacks.