WASHINGTON: Russia is executing soldiers who don’t follow orders in its bloody new offensive in eastern Ukraine, while suffering “significant” losses of armour and personnel, the White House said Thursday.
“We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who are refusing to follow orders,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.“We also have information that Russian commanders are threatening to execute entire units if they seek to retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire,” he added.Kirby did not give further details when asked about the alleged executions or how the United States had obtained the information.
The administrators of a pro-Ukrainian chat room and a media outlet in the Russian-controlled city of Melitopol were detained, it added. Moscow has suffered “significant losses” in the offensive including at least 125 armoured vehicles and “thousands” of casualties, Kirby said. Both Kyiv and Moscow are attempting dozens of overnight drone strikes every week in a bid to hit targets behind the frontlines.
The United States on Thursday announced a new $150 million military assistance package for Ukraine that includes artillery and small-arms ammunition as well as anti-tank weapons.
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