The documents - some half burnt in a furnace in the bunker - show Russian troops anxious over the arrival of HIMARS and grappling with desertions and casualties. One soldier said it was like playing "roulette". Ukrainian strikes could land anywhere. https://t.co/sb7ha9pMKg
— Mari Saito (@saitomri) October 26, 2022
More photos from the command bunker. Propaganda posters warned that Ukraine would descend into Nazi rule if the Russian troops left. The furnace at the back of the bunker room was stuffed with documents. They left a plastic bag of more papers to be burned stuck to the furnace pic.twitter.com/aJohiQuYxQ
— Mari Saito (@saitomri) October 26, 2022
Another document, a spreadsheet, showed the pay discrepancy between Russian and Luhansk soldiers. A typical Russian sergeant was paid 202,084 roubles a month in salary plus bonuses, while a sergeant in the separatist force received just 91,200. So less than half.
— Mari Saito (@saitomri) October 26, 2022
Morale was deteriorating. An officer wrote on July 24 that someone called Shtanko was a “bastard” facing disciplinary action because he “pulled back his platoon”. We found Shtanko and his dad. His dad said Shtanko refused an order to “send his men into artillery fire.”
— Mari Saito (@saitomri) October 26, 2022
Defense Minister Reznikov told reporters that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to advance in the Kherson direction, although rainy weather makes it difficult to accelerate the offensive. This was also confirmed by Brigadier General Pat Ryder at a briefing at the Pentagon pic.twitter.com/aAc3SYPcYF
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) October 26, 2022
The Armed Forces of Ukraine control all the bridges over the Dnipro River using HIMARS and other artillery - Reznikov pic.twitter.com/HkNQ3H6ElO
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 26, 2022
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