The particular problems of fighting in the Ukrainian autumn

Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitask“The rain feels like needles on every part of your body; you are pouring water out of your boots,” says Andriy, a Ukrainian unit commander in the province of Luhansk. His poncho is his most treasured piece of kit. “I love it, I could write a book about it.” By day, it keeps the rain off; at night he stretches it into a canopy above his foxhole.

It rained almost solidly through October and several soldiers were evacuated with flu and other ailments caused by the wet, cold conditions. For several days Andriy ran a fever and his kidneys ached. He struggled on, glugging flu-remedy drinks, but at last his commander insisted that he was evacuated. Doctors tell him he has an inflammation of his kidneys and should go to hospital; he hopes a few nights’ sleep in warm and dry conditions will clear it up so that he can return to his unit.

The mud makes evacuating the wounded a nightmare. Last week an ambulance slipped down a verge into the river . “And mud [can transmit] infection,” says Mr Zholob. Tetanus cases have spiked. “If a wounded soldier has to wait four or five or six hours to be evacuated, little wounds can become big problems.”

Tactics change. “When the leaves fall it is possible to see the enemy [from farther away] and observe him more closely,” says Colonel Zhdanov. “Without leaf cover it is harder to move, there are fewer ambushes, battles tend to be conducted at longer distances, relying more on artillery.”

This war of Ukrainian aggression against our friend Putin would not have happened if that Zelensky had helped President Trump with some dirt on Hunter and Joe Biden.

This leaked call (2014) absolutely proves the United States started this war back in 2014. Nuland talks about the Coup 'In Play,' and that 'Biden Approved it' My jaw dropped... We started this war in 2014, and we continue to throw gas on this fire...

WWI Ceasefire, 11 November 1918.

particular people might get killed

Actually steppes are exactly like that. Now winter war enter final stage. Weather is going at fast pace with Russia grinding Ukraine units in a way that left NATO without ammo, SAM systems and without howitzers and missiles. Arsenals are depleting without defeat for Russia.😉

It will freeze soon enough and the brutal winter will come. The army that has the will and morale to soldier through it will do well.

We lost more troops in the Winter of 1944-45 to trenchfoot than to German actions. This story is as old as war itself. Ruzzian soldiers, without winter gear, are going to love the winter of 2022-23.

May they get well soon 🙏🙏🙏.

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