![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/how-putins-soldiers-will-freeze-to-death-die-from-disease-as-russia-faces-brutal-30c-ukrainian-winter-in-trenches/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/VP-COMP-WINTER-WAR-v2.jpg&description=VLADIMIR Putin's army is on course for the grimmest stage of the Ukraine war so far as his under-equipped soldiers face the harsh reality of winter in the trenches. His soldiers could face killer conditions akin to those suffered in the failed Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 or the botched Nazi attack on Russia in 1941. Putin will be keeping warm in the Kremlin while his men freeze on the frontline Soviet equipment and bodies after the Battle of Raate, Finland, in January 1940Credit: Alamy Troops will be battling in the mud during the harsh winters in UkraineCredit: Getty Both disastrous campaigns saw the snow turn red with blood as the bodies piled high, shivering men froze in their trenches, and tanks ground to a halt as their engines shut down. Ukrainian winters can see temperatures hit as low as -31C and can see average conditions plunge as deep as -8C - with blizzards capable of dumping up to 20 inches of snow in one day. And even if the winter is much milder than these worst case figures, it is still going to be brutally grim for the under-equipped, under-trained and under-provisioned Russians. "When its cold not only do you move slower you think slower and the possibility of units breaking and running goes up," retired US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges told The Sun Online. General Hodges - former commander of the US Army Europe - laid out in cold detail the depth of the challenges facing the Russians. And while the Ukrainians will also have to endure the conditions, they appear better equipped and certainly more motivated that Putin's troops - many of who will have come from the recent mobilisation. Forced to fight and without the winter clothing they need to defend themselves from the elements, General Hodges explained this could be the bleakest part of the war so far for Putin. But he says the Russians "know that" - and they just want to try to trade "bodies for time" in a bid for their war to outlast Western resolve to continue supporting the Ukrainians.){kind=link}
VLADIMIR Putin’s army is on course for the grimmest stage of the Ukraine war so far as his under-equipped soldiers face the harsh reality of winter in the trenches.
His soldiers could face killer conditions akin to those suffered in the failed Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 or the botched Nazi attack on Russia in 1941.
Both disastrous campaigns saw the snow turn red with blood as the bodies piled high, shivering men froze in their trenches, and tanks ground to a halt as their engines shut down.
Ukrainian winters can see temperatures hit as low as -31C and can see average conditions plunge as deep as -8C – with blizzards capable of dumping up to 20 inches of snow in one day.
And even if the winter is much milder than these worst case figures, it is still going to be brutally grim for the under-equipped, under-trained and under-provisioned Russians.