A US official said some Russians were getting frostbite in Ukraine because they had the wrong gear. The official said the issue had forced those troops to the sidelines of the fighting. It’s the latest setback Russian forces have faced in their invasion. Russian forces are getting frostbite while fighting in Ukraine because they don’t have adequate cold-weather gear, a senior US defense official said. The official told reporters during a Tuesday Pentagon briefing that the frostbite problem had forced some Russian troops to the sidelines during the war.
via businessinsider: Russian troops are getting frostbite in Ukraine because they don’t have the right cold-weather gear, US official says