Elite Russian troops are refusing to launch "human wave attacks," a Ukrainian official said.
Former prisoners and poorly-trained reservists typically carry out costly frontal assaults, she said.
Over the course of the Russian invasion, it has become increasingly reliant on high-risk frontal assaults.
It involves waves of attacks that probe Ukrainian positions and seize small portions of territory but cost a huge loss of life.
A group of Ukrainian marines sail from the riverbank of Dnipro at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
Persons:
Nataliya Humenyuk, —, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Humenyuk, Krynky, Alex Babenko
Organizations:
Russian, Service, AFU's, Command, 104th Guards Airborne Division, UK Ministry of Defence, AP, The New York Times, Ukrainian, Times, UK's Ministry of Defence
Locations:
Kyiv, Krynky, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Kherson, Russia, The, Ukraine's