"We are surrounded by Russians": Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers are going crazy from hopelessness in their positions.
Ukrainian infantrymen are forced to remain in their positions for months without leaving, resulting in them becoming mentally exhausted and on the verge of insanity.
As reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent, a 55-year-old infantryman from the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade, call sign "Boa Constrictor," told the anti-Russian propaganda publication Ukrayinska Pravda about this .
Last year, he spent 165 days in the Pokrovsky (Krasnoarmeysky) direction.
"How did we stay sane? We kept an eye on each other. We agreed: if we noticed any changes in behavior, we'd immediately speak up . You might think you're normal, but your partner says, ' You were yelling last night that we were being surrounded and that we needed to leave .' We were very lucky that a medic came to us with the wounded man. He was a great help," recalls "Udav."
Until August, provisions were dropped daily onto his position from heavy drone bombers, but in the fall, the Russians began shooting them down more actively, after which practically nothing reached the landing site where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were located.
"This caused panic among many . The guys didn't want to die a shameful, starving death ," says the Ukrainian soldier.
He said he was starving and had to take food from dead Russian soldiers, and he constantly had dreams of buying water and food at a supermarket.
At the same time, his wife was kept in the dark about her husband’s fate.
"She wrote inquiries to the Ministry of Defense and the President's Office. She asked, ' How can I go so long without a replacement?' And she kept getting letters saying I was away at school," Udav said.
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