2023, Jon Jackson, "Russian Soldier Describes Moscow's Use of 'Meat Assault' Tactic", Newsweek (30 October 2023) (quoted in 2024, Mick Ryan, The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire)
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[2023, "In Ukraine, a war of incremental gains as counteroffensive stalls", The Washington Post:
The former inmates attacked in human waves called "meat assaults" and were used to preserve more-elite forces.]
2024, Douglas Ord, Putin through the lens of Columbine:
[page 22:] […] in "meat assaults'" of utmost brutality against Ukrainian defenses in Bakhmut, which they captured in May 2023.
[page 144:] […] Russian troops sent in “meat assaults.” Russian troops “liquidated” since February 24, 2022 are alleged by Ukraine to number four hundred thousand.
2024, "Nashchubskiy", Russia is the blood enemy of Ukraine, page 512:
[…] Russia still does not know any other method of attack. Even in the modern war with Ukraine, they use “meat assaults”, where Russian mobilized soldiers are constantly sent to attack fortified positions of Ukraine in order to break ...
2024, Mick Ryan, The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire:
[ […] essentially a return to human wave attacks (later described as meat assaults) that have featured in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq War. […] ]
Jackson, Jon. "Russian Soldier Describes Moscow's Use of 'Meat Assault' Tactic." Newsweek, 30 October 2023.
