The entrenching tool, dating back to 1869, is mythologized in Russia, the British defense ministry said on Sunday.
One of the reservists described being ‘neither physically nor psychologically’ prepared for the action.The"shovels" referred to by the MOD are thought to be entrenching tools, such as the standard-issue MPL-50, the ministry said in its daily intelligence update.
There has been an increase in close combat on the front lines, it added, likely because Russian infantry having restricted access to artillery.Ukrainian servicemen dig a trench near the city of Bakhmut on February 1, 2023. Mobilized Russian reservists are likely using the MPL-50 entrenching tool for"hand-to-hand" combat, the British defense ministry said on Sunday.Russian reservist fighters were called up in September 2022, when Russian Presidentannounced a partial mobilization.
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