The White House disclosed on Thursday that the United States possesses information indicating that the Russian military is executing soldiers who refuse to comply with orders related to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. White House spokesperson John Kirby conveyed that they also have intelligence indicating that Russian commanders are issuing threats to execute entire units if they attempt to retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire. As these grave allegations surfaced, representatives from the Kremlin, the Russian Defense Ministry, and the Russian Embassy to the United States did not provide immediate responses to requests for comments on the matter.
Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces were persisting in their advance to capture the Eastern Ukrainian city of Divka, seemingly undeterred by heavy losses. The United States, vehemently condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been actively providing significant aid to the White House while emphasizing the dire state of Russia's mobilized forces, describing them as undertrained, underequipped, and underprepared for combat. John Kirby also accused the Russian military of resorting to human wave tactics, deploying groups of inadequately trained soldiers into the battlefield.
Using all these capabilities, the Ukrainians have been able to hold on and hold the defense against this offensive, successfully repelling Russian tank columns that have been advancing on Divka since the 11th of October. Russia has suffered significant losses in this offensive attempt of theirs, including at least 125 armored vehicles around Divka and more than a battalion's worth of equipment. We expect more Russian attacks to come; this is a dynamic conflict, and we need to remember that Russia still maintains some offensive capability and may be able to achieve some tactical gains in the coming months.
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Now, to pursue that outcome in Divka and elsewhere on the battlefield, Russia continues to show no regard for the lives of its soldiers. We believe they have suffered thousands of casualties in their effort to conduct this offensive, some of them on the orders of their own leaders. We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders. We also have information that Russian commanders are threatening to execute entire units if they seek to retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire.
Russia's mobilized forces remain undertrained, underequipped, and unprepared for combat, as was the case during their failed winter offensive last year. Russian military appears to be using what we would call human wave tactics, just throwing masses of these poorly trained soldiers right into the fight, no proper equipment, no leadership, no resourcing, no support. It is unsurprising that Russian forces are suffering from poor morale given all these conditions.
Russia's renewed attempt at an offensive is a sobering reminder that President Putin is not giving up on his aspirations to take all of Ukraine. And as long as Russia continues its brutal assault, we have to continue to support the Ukrainian people in their self-defense because his intentions are clear. You heard the president talk about this last week; he basically said that if Western weapons to Ukraine stopped, Ukraine would have a week to live. So to ensure that we can continue to do that, it's critical that Congress step up and pass the supplemental request that the president put forward last week, which included a significant amount of resources for Ukraine for their self-defense, as well as their humanitarian and economic needs. It's time now to move forward with that supplemental funding because time clearly is not on our side or on that of Ukraine going forward. So, that takes some questions."
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