Russian Motorcycle Troops Keep Riding to Slaughter in Ukraine—There’s a Calculated Reason Why
They may seem like suicide missions, but these bizarre assault tactics reveal a calculated strategy
The roads and fields around the village of Vilne Pole, in southern Donetsk Oblast, are littered with the wreckage of scores of Russian motorcycles. Repeatedly attacking on bikes, Russian troops—possibly from the 60th Motor Rifle Brigade—are getting massacred by drones and artillery from the Ukrainian 31st and 110th Mechanized Brigades.
But that doesn’t mean the Russian brigade can’t gain ground around Vilne Pole—or even capture the village as the Kremlin aims to consolidate its control over Donetsk Oblast. It only takes one successful bike assault to give Russian forces a lodgement. Once a few Russians are entrenched in new positions, heavier reinforcements almost always arrive, and quickly.