Human wave assaults are frontal attacks launched by infantry units without armored vehicles or other defensive shields. Russia has deployed such attacks in its full-scale war against Ukraine, notably in the battle to capture Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian soldiers have said that Russia often fails to evacuate injured troops and at times sends its own injured soldiers back to the battlefield as part of these formations. Wounded Russian soldiers are "simply left in positions to die," a Ukrainian soldier identified by the call sign "Hunter" told the Telegraph. "This is a common situation when wounded Russian soldiers are captured," Hunter said."According to them, they were left to their fate without food and water to die by their own comrades."Hunter and other soldiers also reported witnessing Ukrainian POWs forced to walk in front of Russian units.