As someone who had lived and worked in Ukraine for 20 years including one year in Donetsk 004-2005, I find this chilling reality highlights the brutal nature of this war, where human lives are used as pawns in a larger strategy.

It's heartbreaking to think of soldiers, many of whom may not even understand the full context of the conflict, being sent to certain death.

It really forces us to question the human cost of war and whether there can ever truly be justification for such loss.

Thanks for sharing this difficult, yet important, insight.