Even experienced troops are 'disposed of' by Russian forces, a Kremlin-backed retired official said.
Many Ukrainian fighters who were trained by Kyiv's Western backers for combat in eastern Ukraine have"already been eliminated," a retired Kremlin-backed commander in the Donbas has said.
Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel with the Russian-backed Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, told Russian state media outlet Tass that the officers who were trained in Western countries and"are currently on the frontlines have battle experience of less than one year." "Most of them have already been eliminated," he said. More experienced troops"come to the contact line and dilute the unqualified personnel," he added.Ukrainian soldiers at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, where Australian Armed Forces are supporting the UK-led training of Ukrainian recruits, on February 1, 2023 on Salisbury Plain, England.
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