DISINFO: Russian army prioritises its soldiers' lives while Ukraine sends its troops to slaughter
SUMMARY
The main priority of the Russian army is to protect the lives of its troops. On the other hand, the main tactic of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is to send its troops to slaughter under gun and artillery fire.
RESPONSE
The claim advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative concerning the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A number of expert sources have attributed the perceived slow pace of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive precisely to its efforts to minimise combat casualties, particularly by avoiding frontal assaults on heavily fortified Russian positions and opting for a "slow attrition process" instead.
Several newspapers of record, including The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal cited experts and officials as saying that minimising losses and avoiding unnecessary risks has been a strategic priority for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian military, on the other hand, has been known to repeatedly launch reckless "human wave attacks," often using poorly trained and equipped personnel, resulting in mass casualties.
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