Russia and Ukraine are believed to have suffered equally horrific losses in the war. But Russia has far more troops — even young, inexperienced men pose a challenge simply by virtue of their numbers.
the group has some 50,000 soldiers operating in Ukraine, including 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts.
Andriy, 30, oversees more than 100 Ukrainian reconnaissance soldiers in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. As the war enters its second year, he's concerned about Russia's numerical troop advantage.From their safe house in eastern Ukraine, the team tries to make sense of their enemy Andriy, 30, is the more cerebral of the two. He studied history of the Middle Ages at university in the western city of Lviv.
Max says the Russians sometimes also use new conscripts to draw Ukrainian fire to reveal their positions. "Most of the people that were ready to take guns and fight, they came in the first two months and those people are coming to an end," says Andriy."Some of them, they don't know how to hold a rifle," Andriy says.
"He looked like he was walking at the front of a parade," recalls Max, incredulous."Then some of our guys did something stupid. They shouted at him, 'Stop!'"
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