In Russia, Vehicles Are Expensive But Soldiers Are Cheap—And That’s Why The Battle For Vovchansk Is Becoming An Infantry Massacre
Russian troops are fighting on foot, and dying in droves.
Five weeks into Russia’s northern offensive in Ukraine, the battlefield in and around Vovchansk—the locus of the fighting just south of the Russia-Ukraine border—has become extremely dangerous for Russian armored vehicles.
So Russian infantry march into battle on foot—and die in huge numbers as Ukrainian drones and artillery take aim.