Russian soldiers have been compensating for a shortage of military vehicles by using donkeys on the front lines in Ukraine.
“The fighters were given a donkey to transport the ammunition to the front. But what did you expect? Cars are in short supply these days!” Kirill Fedorov, a pro-war Russian blogger, wrote.
The donkeys are being provided directly to troops by the Russian defence ministry, according to an unnamed soldier on Telegram.
Viktor Sobolev, a retired general who is now a member of the Russian parliament’s defence committee, defended the use of the animals as a necessity. Russia is estimated to have lost about 20,000 pieces of military equipment since the start of its all-out invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago.
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