Day 1104
Junction of exaggerated expression
On March 1, Russia killed and wounded more than 100 recruits of what remained of the newly formed 157th Mechanized Brigade in Cherskaske, Dnipropetrovsk region with an Iskander-M strike. A reconnaissance drone more than 100 kilometers inside Ukrainian territory was used to guide the short-range (500 kilometer) ballistic missile, which obliterated a large tent encampment in the middle of nowhere.
The 157th, like other brigades in the 150th series, had been slapped together hastily without proper training, sent to Pokrovsk and then cannibalized to replenish other brigades fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Incompetency in war is deadly. Draft-eligible men these days are not wildly enthusiastic about joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The brigades of the 150th series were populated with recruits picked up at checkpoints and transported under guard in buses to basic training camps around the country.
Ukraine’s Supreme Com…
