Exhausted Russian fighters complain of conditions in eastern Ukraine

Long deployments and a lack of training, support, food and equipment all affecting morale as war drags on

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Russia's assault on Ukraine's east has brought it some battlefield success as its military has advanced slowly in fierce fighting in Donbas.

But those gains have come at a high price for the Russian invasion force, with evidence that high-level casualties are growing and that some units may be approaching exhaustion as the war moves past its 100-day mark.