{"id":4442,"date":"2023-12-20T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:53:56","slug":"what-is-a-russian-meat-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/what-is-a-russian-meat-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Russian \u2018<i>Meat Assault<\/i>\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meat-Assault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meat-Assault.jpg 717w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Meat-Assault-500x294.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hard to believe the Russian people haven\u2019t already executed Putin and his cronies. Since the start of Putin\u2019s 2022 reinvasion of Ukraine he has been taking away freedoms that the Russian people had gained under Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n<p>Putin and his cronies spent years bragging about the new modern and powerful military they were building, but their massive military failings in the attack upon Ukraine has proven they were more focused on stealing from the Russian treasuries.<\/p>\n<p>In almost two years, Russia has lost thousands of tanks\u2014so many they have been forced to bring out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a43392278\/russia-reactivating-t54-tanks-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soviet-Era T-54 Tanks<\/a> (entered service in 1948) as replacements. They lost so much artillery, aircraft, and armored combat vehicles that Putin was forced to go on bended knees to Iran and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Russia lost just <span style=\"color: #c9211e;\"><b>14,453<\/b><\/span> Killed troops and <span style=\"color: #c9211e;\"><b>53,753<\/b><\/span> Wounded during 10 years of war in Afghanistan. In Ukraine, after almost 2 years, Russia has lost a staggering <span style=\"color: #c9211e;\"><b>348,300<\/b><\/span> Killed troops and <span style=\"color: #c9211e;\"><b>1,044,900<\/b><\/span> Wounded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/9897990\/putin-attacking-ukraine-losing-soldiers-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><b>Putin attacking Ukraine on SIX fronts and \u2018losing 1,000 soldiers a day\u2019 in suicidal \u2018meat assaults\u2019 as he pushes for win<\/b><\/i><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>VLADIMIR Putin is desperately trying to take down Ukraine on six fronts in suicidal &#8220;meat assaults&#8221; &#8211; with Russia reportedly haemorrhaging 1,000 soldiers a day in recent battles.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin kingpin Vlad is understood to have lost over 340,000 troops since the beginning of his brutal invasion in Ukraine \u2013 and has an election coming up to contend with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin doesn\u2019t care any more for the Russian people than he does for the Ukrainian people \u2013 Putin cares only about himself and his <i>Legacy<\/i>. Putin had believed his own propaganda prior to reinvading Ukraine, and accidentally exposed Russia\u2019s many military weaknesses to the world. Now, for the sake of his <i>Legacy<\/i>, the Russian people must pay for his mistakes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/what-is-a-russian-meat-assault\/#Russian_%E2%80%98Meat_Assault\" >Russian \u2018Meat Assault\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/what-is-a-russian-meat-assault\/#%E2%80%98Single-use_Soldiers\" >\u2018Single-use&#8217; Soldiers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/what-is-a-russian-meat-assault\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Russian_%E2%80%98Meat_Assault\"><\/span>Russian \u2018<i>Meat Assault<\/i>\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barrier_troops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Barrier <\/b><b>T<\/b><b>roops<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Barrier troops<\/b>, <b>blocking units<\/b>, or <b>anti-retreat forces<\/b> are military units that are located in the rear or on the front line (behind the main forces) to maintain military discipline, prevent the flight of servicemen from the battlefield, capture spies, saboteurs and deserters, and return troops who flee from the battlefield or lag behind their units.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/russian-soldiers-say-blocking-units-placed-behind-them-stop-retreat-2023-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Russian soldiers say they were sent into battle with &#8216;blocking&#8217; units behind them to stop them from retreating<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Russian soldiers made a dramatic video plea, complaining they were sent into combat with other units specifically tasked with preventing them from running away.<\/p>\n<p>The footage, addressed directly to Vladimir Putin and circulating on Russian Telegram channels, was posted by members of Russia&#8217;s so-called Storm unit, who said they had suffered huge casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Describing their recent efforts around the village of Vodanye, they said that so-called &#8220;blocking&#8221; units were sent in behind them to give them no escape from combat.<\/p>\n<p>Blocking units, also called barrier troops or anti-retreat forces, are units placed behind main forces to prevent soldiers from fleeing or retreating.<\/p>\n<p>They were used by the Red Army in World War I and World War II, in which Russian forces suffered enormous losses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To get an idea of what it would be like\u2014being stuck between the enemy and your own \u2018<i>Barrier\/Blocking<\/i>\u2019 units, then <i>recall or <\/i><i>see\u00a0<\/i>the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enemy_at_the_Gates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Enemy at the Gates<\/b><\/a> film, near the beginning, when <i>Vassili Zaitsev<\/i> (Jude Law) is \u2018<i>forced into a suicidal charge without a rifle but with ammunition<\/i>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Two men are shouting to the new incoming troops (AKA \u2018<i><b>single-use<\/b><\/i>\u2019 soldiers), and in the heat of the battle their shouts seem as one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The one with the rifle shoots! One out of two gets rifle. The one without the rifle follows! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one without picks up the rifle and shoots!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"Enemy at the gate; One out of tow gets a rifle, one without follows him\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMjYNKED0U0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Right after that scene, the Russian \u2018<i>Barrier\/Blocking<\/i>\u2019 units move in behind the charging new troops (AKA \u2018<i><b>single-use<\/b><\/i>\u2019 soldiers), whom are now between the Germans and the \u2018<i>Barrier\/Blocking<\/i>\u2019 units.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Single-use_Soldiers\"><\/span>\u2018<i>S<\/i><i>ingle-use&#8217;<\/i> Soldiers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4447 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/single-use-soldiers-500x324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/single-use-soldiers-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/single-use-soldiers-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/single-use-soldiers.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/ukrainealert\/human-wave-tactics-are-demoralizing-the-russian-army-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Human wave tactics are demoralizing the Russian army in Ukraine<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is no secret that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not gone according to plan. Nevertheless, with the conflict now in its second year, Vladimir Putin still hopes to break Ukrainian resistance in a long war of attrition.<\/p>\n<p>This may be easier said than done. While Russia enjoys significant demographic, industrial, and economic advantages over Ukraine, questions remain over the ability of the once-vaunted Russian military to achieve the Kremlin\u2019s goals. Crucially, an apparent reliance on human wave tactics during Russia\u2019s recent winter offensive has led to catastrophic losses which threaten to undermine morale within the ranks of Putin\u2019s invading army.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s heaviest losses in recent months are believed to have occurred in battles for control over strategic towns in eastern Ukraine such as Bakhmut and Vuhledar, with Ukraine claiming to have killed or wounded tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. While unconfirmed, these figures are supported by extensive battlefield footage, much of which appears to show Russian troops engaged in reckless frontal assaults on entrenched defensive positions.<\/p>\n<p>The human wave tactics on display in eastern Ukraine reflect Russia\u2019s narrowing military options following a year of embarrassing battlefield setbacks. The Russian military entered the current war with a reputation as the world\u2019s number two army, but has performed remarkably poorly in Ukraine. With many of his most experienced units and elite regiments decimated, Putin now hopes to grind down Ukraine\u2019s resources and outlast the country\u2019s Western backers by relying on superior numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Human wave tactics are not new and typically involve soldiers conducting direct attacks in large numbers with the objective of overwhelming an opposing force. Such troops are often regarded as \u201c<strong>single-use soldiers<\/strong>,\u201d with each wave suffering heavy casualties as it attempts to move the front lines further forward. This is not the first time Russian troops have been called upon to conduct such attacks. During WWII, Soviet commanders often ordered Red Army soldiers into frontal assaults that resulted in exceptionally high death tolls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2023\/02\/03\/tactics-behind-russias-human-wave-attacks-bakhmut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Russia running out of &#8216;single-use&#8217; soldiers<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ukrainian commander accuses the Kremlin of \u2018cannon fodder\u2019 tactics by flooding the battlefield with untrained troops<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Russia once had the \u201cworld\u2019s number two army\u201d \u2013 now their Air Force stays grounded for the most part since Ukraine is able to easily shoot their planes down. Their tank losses have been so massive that they are \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a43392278\/russia-reactivating-t54-tanks-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Reactivating Soviet-Era T-54 Tanks<\/b><\/a>\u2019 (entered service in 1948).<\/p>\n<p>Now Russia is forced to use \u2018<i>Meat Assaults<\/i>\u2019 or leave Ukraine, and Putin\u2019s <i>Legacy<\/i> can\u2019t handle leaving Ukraine until someone kills him or he runs out of Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard to believe the Russian people haven\u2019t already executed Putin and his cronies. Since the start of Putin\u2019s 2022 reinvasion of Ukraine he has been taking away freedoms that the Russian people had gained under Mikhail Gorbachev. Putin and his cronies spent years bragging about the new modern and powerful military they were building, but &#8230; <a title=\"What is a Russian \u2018Meat Assault\u2019?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/what-is-a-russian-meat-assault\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is a Russian \u2018Meat Assault\u2019?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,91,47,93,69,73,109],"tags":[157,70,75,163],"class_list":["post-4442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communism","category-putin","category-russias-invasion","category-telegram","category-totalitarianism","category-ukraine","category-zelensky","tag-russia","tag-totalitarianism","tag-war","tag-war-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4442"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4454,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442\/revisions\/4454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}