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<\/p>\nA Russian soldier has now shared his account of the situation in Avdiivka, reporting heavy losses among his comrades.<\/p>\n
Despite throwing a huge number of troops and artillery at the Donetsk area, Vladimir Putin has so far struggled to see any significant wins.<\/p>\n
In the video, the unnamed soldier can be seen walking a trench, describing how he had been stuck in the same position for nearly a week.<\/p>\n
The man explained that Russian troops had been trying to encircle Ukraine’s forces in the town, encountering significant losses.<\/p>\n
He said: “Seventy-five of us came here and now there are f***ing 14 of us here left. The rest are all 200s [dead] and 300s [wounded].<\/p>\n
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“Look at what’s happening here. The forest belt when we entered was alive.”<\/p>\n
Referring to Ukrainian forces, he added: “They were simply destroying us. Just destroying us.”<\/p>\n
In the clip, translated by Ukrainian internal affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko and shared on X (formerly Twitter), the man added he had managed to recover some of his comrades’s remains that were “simply everywhere”.<\/p>\n
The Russian soldier continued: “We were pulled back because we could no longer carry out the combat mission. We are stormtroopers for f***k’s sake. How many of us are left in the company?”<\/p>\n
Vladimir Putin has been plagued by the spread of social media since the start of his invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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