Hundreds of thousands are rushed to the front line in Ukraine without having a clear idea of why they have to do it.
— Nataliya Vasilyeva (@Nat_Vasilyeva) October 5, 2022
I had a fascinating chat with a guy who chose not to dodge the draft even though he's crystal-clear about the futility of this war.https://t.co/P6A3kn8V32
Russia lacks manpower to resist a further Ukrainian advance into Luhansk says Komsomolskaya Pravda’s Alexander Kots who’s embedded w/Russia military. “The Russian troops do not have enough manpower to stop the enemy attacks..It’s a very difficult period of time on the front line” pic.twitter.com/4XSzj1gzQg
— Michael Bociurkiw (@WorldAffairsPro) October 5, 2022
Russia has become the biggest (if involuntary) provider of heavy weapons for Ukraine. My piece of how Ukraine is turning recently captured Russian tanks and howitzers on their former owners, powering Kyiv’s rapid offensive in the east. https://t.co/C2Xm0oCyko
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) October 5, 2022
Rybar's update on Starobilsk (Svatove) direction, says Arab mercenaries arrived to help Ukrainian side.https://t.co/AkL68p48HB pic.twitter.com/yGrTJYBa7V
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 5, 2022
The BBC's Russian service said the GRU intelligence agency’s 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, an elite reconnaissance unit, may have lost three-quarters of its manpower. https://t.co/aQ4iUQZW7G
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 5, 2022
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