(DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE) – Russian tank units are effectively disappearing from the battlefield as Moscow’s forces cannibalise their own armoured formations to supply infantry for costly frontal assaults, according to multiple Russian sources. A military analyst writing under the name Vagner Kitten, citing an account from the 110th Brigade’s tank battalion of the Russian armed forces, reported that tanks are now rarely involved in direct combat operations. Instead, every two to three weeks, two personnel from each company of the battalion are reassigned to infantry storm units. The analyst described these storm units as being “sent to the slaughter”. He stated…
