Russian fighters were sent to storm a Donetsk city 'without preparation,' according to one mobilized soldier.
Mobilized soldiers from the Siberian region of Irkutsk said they had been sent into battle"without any support," includingPutin announced a partial mobilization for the war effort in September 2022. On February 5, 2023, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War think tank suggested Putin had delayed mobilization plans despite a"depleted military."
But the mobilized Irkutsk soldiers, reported to have initially served as territorial defense troops before moving to a brigade in the highly contested Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, said they were sent into battle"without preparation," according toThe fighters were ordered to storm the Donetsk city of Avdiivka in"assault units.
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