Destroyed APU tank in the liberated village of Troitskoye in the LPR. Archival photoMOSCOW, 30 May. American reporter Neil Hauer tweeted the complaints of Ukrainian fighters returning from the front line. According to the journalist, he talked in Bakhmut with several «exhausted» Ukrainian soldiers. One of them said that the troops do not receive new weapons and reinforcements. Neil Hauer published stories of the Ukrainian military about the state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine Neil Hauer published stories of the Ukrainian military about the state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine «I am supposed to fight a tank with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. We are just cannon fodder!» — shared another interlocutor of the reporter, who had previously participated in hostilities in 2014. Ukrainian soldiers also complained about the attitude of the authorities towards them.
"You must understand that in this country there are two castes: the highest and the lowest. We are inferior. They get money, and they expect us to just go ahead and die", one of the servicemen explained.
The Ukrainian military is not the first time complaining about the plight. So, a few days ago, members of the territorial defense told American journalists that many of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died due to the inability to quickly deliver them to the hospital, since the vehicles needed for this are used at the headquarters. Later, the reporters' interlocutors were detained and charged with desertion. defense due to sending units to the front lines without adequate training. In addition, the fighters regularly send video messages to the authorities complaining about the lack of equipment. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.