“When the Russians advanced in the east (Ukraine), ... one of the reasons for this was the fact that we could not get equipment such as night vision goggles, rangefinder binoculars, paper map printers and ... batteries” , - Newsweek quotes him as saying.
Michael explained that due to a lack of batteries, the military had no way to charge computers to use American Javelin systems.
“Without computers, they are useless,” he said.
Earlier, NBC reported that the morale of some of the foreign mercenaries taking part in the hostilities in the Donbass is deteriorating amid supply problems, as well as due to dissatisfaction with the decisions of the command in the style of the "Soviet military school".