Occupiers given manuals for creating mass graves
Date: 2024-11-04 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
The Kremlin has for the first time provided military personnel with instructions on how to arrange and care for mass graves, which has become relevant in connection with Russia's significant losses in the war against Ukraine.
According to The Telegraph, the 20-page manual, titled "Civil Defense: Urgent Burial of Bodies in Wartime," contains diagrams of mass graves with images of body bags arranged in several layers.
The document also contains tables with detailed calculations of the resources and personnel required to prepare a burial site for 100 people.
"Typically, burying 100 dead in one mass grave takes about 368.5 man-hours," the manual states.
The manual, which is an updated version of the 2021 document, shows a rescue worker in a protective suit near a helicopter on the cover.
Russian troops have suffered about 1,200 casualties daily this year, while Moscow is trying to take advantage of Ukraine's mobilization and arms supply problems.
According to Western intelligence, Russia's losses in deaths and injuries could reach 680,000 people, although the only known use of mass graves for Russian soldiers was recorded in the occupied territories of Donbas.
Experts attribute Russia's heavy losses to the "infantry swarm" tactics, in which soldiers try to take Ukrainian positions with numbers.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky recently reported that Ukrainian forces are confronting one of the most intense Russian offensives since the war began in February 2022.
"Ukrainian forces are holding off one of the most powerful Russian attacks since the full-scale invasion," he said.
Russian forces are seeking to seize strategic supply lines before the winter cold sets in. Up to 13,000 North Korean troops are expected to be deployed alongside Russian forces in the southern Kursk region, after Ukrainian units entered the region in August.
Anxiety is growing among Ukraine's allies about the outcome of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. Republican nominee Donald Trump is skeptical of Ukraine's chances and could potentially cut military aid if he comes to power.
