Russian troops stranded in 40-mile convoy could freeze to death in ‘metal tank refrigerators’
Russian soldiers who have been stranded in a 40-mile-long armoured military column of tanks and heavy weaponry near the Ukrainian capital
Kyiv for days, could soon
face freezing conditions.
Already facing sub-zero temperatures during the night,
Ukraine is expected to witness a cold snap over the next few days with temperatures dropping to -10C with snowfall.
Temperatures could dip further to -20C on Wednesday because of easterly wind combining with arctic air.
Such icy weather situations are expected to make living conditions worse for the Russian army, whose troops remain stuck in the huge convoy of iron tanks that have barely moved and have been
bogged down around 19 miles away from the centre of the city.
The tanks would act as huge refrigerators for the Russian army if they are not running the engine and would force them to flee, Glen Grant, a senior defence expert at the Baltic Security Foundation, told Newsweek.
“A metal tank is just a fridge at night if you are not running the engine,” said Mr Grant, who advised Ukraine on its military reform.
He said “the boys [Russian troops] won’t wait, they will get out, start walking to the forest, and give themselves up” to avoid freezing to death.
“You just can’t sit around and wait because if you are in the vehicle you are waiting to be killed. They are not stupid.”
Former British Army major Kevin Price told the
Daily Mail that the iron tanks will become nothing more than “40-ton freezers” as temperature would plunge and it would demotivate Russian troops not prepared for Arctic-style warfare.
Ukraine, which has managed to slow down the Russian troops’ offensive, has claimed to have retaken the city of Chuhuiv.
Meanwhile, Russian government officials are “privately denouncing” Mr Putin’s war as “a clusterf***”, according to a report that came amid news of
many senior Russian army generals having been killed while fighting in Ukraine.
Russian troops could freeze in tanks as temperatures expected to dip to -20C
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