Occupiers forcibly conscript men from occupied cities, even miners are taken away – Luhansk Oblast Military Administration

IRYNA BALACHUK —  THURSDAY, 4 AUGUST 2022, 08:49

The Russian occupiers are suffering significant losses and are replenishing their forces with men from recently occupied settlements - even miners are being taken to the front.

Source: Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "The occupiers do not count losses, because it is mostly the residents of the occupied territories who die. The Russians do not need them for the future, because for eight years the population of the "LPR" [self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic] has been a burden on the Russian budget. Now these financial losses are being paid off by men.

They have already mobilised everyone they could in the territories occupied in 2014. Now even indispensable miners are being taken away."

Details: Haidai noted that people are sent to military enlistment offices against their will, so the euphoria of "liberation" [by Russian soldiers] in recently captured cities and villages has quickly passed.

The head of the Oblast Military Administration reported that about 80 men have already been sent to the front in Starobilsk this week. The occupiers are specifically using these men to replenish the composition of the assault groups which are regularly neutralised by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Russian invaders try to improve their tactical position every day through heavy artillery work and numerous assault actions.

In the past 24 hours alone, Russian forces fired 3 rockets, used tubed artillery 5 times, and another 5 times used rocket artillery. The invaders' attacks were supported by mortar and tank fire.

The Russians bombed eight settlements from the air.

At the same time, Haidai said that the Russians were forced to retreat with significant losses in 14 areas on 3 August.

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