"The treatment they receive violates the minimum standards of respect stipulated by the Geneva Convention for prisoners of war. But these four men had not been mistreated by the enemy: their commanders had abandoned them, without the most basic resources, on the front lines."
"Their families made their plight public on social media on April 22: they hadn't eaten in 17 days. The outcry triggered the dismissal of the commander of their regiment and of the commander of Ukraine's 10th Army Corps."
"Troop rotation is kept to a minimum on both sides due to the drone threat. For Ukraine, the problem is compounded by a shortage of soldiers."
Four Ukrainian soldiers have been left in dire conditions on the Kupiansk front for nine months, surviving in a dugout without food for 17 days. Their families raised awareness on social media, prompting the dismissal of their regiment's commander. A new brigade commander later provided food supplies via drone, but the soldiers remain trapped on the front lines. The ongoing war complicates troop rotation due to drone surveillance and a shortage of soldiers, making it difficult to relieve those in combat positions.
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