Russian servicemen 'pretending to be dead' in Dobropillia sector — Ukrainian officer

Nazar Voitenkov, the press officer of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, stated this on Espreso TV.

"Our military unit, our brigade, the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, is positioned in the area of the settlement of Shakhove. And overall, Russian forces have rather low success rates in terms of advancement. As is known, the Russians want some kind of global maneuvers and deep breakthroughs into the rear. Something like this happened approximately in the Dobropillia area as well, in the so-called salient, which the Defense Forces, alongside units we work with in cooperation, were able to successfully clear and, essentially, stop the adversary. Currently, this salient has been eliminated, which restored our logistics. Russian forces are moving mainly in small groups. Our last armored assaults were last year. There have been no other such instances of incursions by tanks, BMPs, or other Russian armored vehicles," he said.

Nazar Voitenkov noted that Russian soldiers only move on foot, camouflage themselves in various ways, and even pretend to be dead.

"One, two, sometimes three during the day in daylight and even in darkness. In darkness particularly, they use camouflage cloaks or other innovations, so-called makeshift contraptions of the Russian army, like walking tents. They try to hide, camouflage themselves, also hide under camouflage nets, pretend as if they're dead, but essentially, we constantly observe their movement, and we see this unsuccessful acting of theirs and, essentially, eliminate them. We currently use mainly heavy bombers, as well as FPV 'kamikaze' drones. This is truly the most effective method of eliminating Russian forces on the battlefield. That's what we're engaged in. In addition, we use ground drones to establish logistics and, in particular, the Termit drone to transport literally tons of various useful cargo, including provisions and combat kits," he noted.