Help to create impassable terrain came unexpectedly from the local beaver population, he said. The Ukrainian military explained that usually people destroy beaver dams, but this year “they didn’t, and now the water is everywhere.”
The defense brigade also claims that the unusually mild winter has given the Armed Forces “a significant tactical advantage.”
It was previously reported that Ukrainian officers explained the high personnel losses, as well as the failed offensive attempts, to the higher command by bad weather. Rainfall and positive temperatures, according to officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, slow down the advance of the advancing forces, making them easy targets. At the same time, non-combat readiness due to lack of personnel and equipment is traditionally not reported to the top,
