Kirby: Russia Reportedly Executing its Own Soldiers in Ukraine

since the 11th of October Russia has suffered significant losses in this offensive attempt of theirs including at least 125 armored vehicles around fdfa and more than a battalion's worth of equipment we expect more Russian attacks to come this is a dynamic conflict and we need to remember that Russia still maintains some offensive capability and may be able to achieve some tactical gains in the coming months now P to pursue that outcome in adiva and else on the battlefield Russia continues to show no regard for the lives of it it soldiers we believe they have suffered thousands of casualties in their effort to conduct this offensive some of them on the orders of their own leaders we have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders we also have information that Russian commanders are threatening to execute entire units if they seek to retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire Russia's mobilized forces remain undertrained under equipped and unprepared for combat as was the case during their failed winter offensive last year Russian military appears to be using what we would call human wave tactics just throwing masses of these poorly trained soldiers right into the fight no proper equipment no leadership no resourcing no support it is unsurprising that Russian forces are suff uffing from poor morale given all these conditions can you elaborate a little bit on the um execution of of Russian soldiers um how long has it been going on do you have any idea how many people um and and why it seems kind of I don't know they're getting rid of their own soldiers you know I'm not qualified to answer uh that last question uh I mean it's it's reprehensible to think about that that you would that you would execute your own soldiers because they didn't want to follow orders uh and uh and now threatening to execute entire units I it's barbaric uh but I think it's a symptom of of how poorly Russia's military leaders know they're doing and how bad they have handled this uh from a military perspective from the very beginning we've been talking about poor command and control poor Logistics and sustainment they can't feed their guys in the field for crying out loud and now again they're they're willing to shoot them for following order for not following orders it also speaks to the desperation in the the Manpower Crunch and I got asked this question a day or so ago but EXC Russia obviously bless you Russia obviously has a bigger military than Ukraine and they have access to more manpower to man it but they are they are in such desperate need to make some kind of progress particularly in the donbas the detet area that they are literally throwing young men into the fight who haven't been properly trained haven't been properly equipped and certainly are not being properly l