>>64286180
Correct. Blocking detachments are used by the russians to prevent their demoralized soldiers from retreating or refusing orders. You either attack and die in glorious battle, or you retreat and die a traitor whose family will also be denied benefits. And maybe get raped by chechens too. In practice these troops do not kill many of their own soldiers, as that would defeat the point of getting them to attack the enemy. But killing a few, or in this case one guy out of a group, is enough to show everyone else that they're not fucking around.


Ukrainian drone navigates a hellscape of craters devoid of all vegetation, and comes across a disabled tank, finding the crew huddled in fear behind it. It's a direct hit on them.