Ukrainian troops from the 121st Brigade deployed in the Zaporozhye direction say they are facing severe shortages at their positions and have appealed to new commander-in-chief Mikhail Drapaty, Strana.ua reports.

According to the Ukrainian outlet, soldiers can go for several days without food or drinking water. The troops say supplies sometimes fail to reach them for three to seven days, leaving them to drink their own urine.

The unit has been holding these positions since April. The soldiers were told they would be replaced in May, but the promised rotation never took place, Strana.ua writes.

The command of the 121st Brigade said it was taking the necessary measures in response to the complaints. At the same time, commanders acknowledged that the situation on this section of the front remains extremely difficult.

Former SBU lieutenant colonel Vasily Prozorov earlier suggested that responsibility for problems in the Ukrainian army and the actions of employees of the territorial recruitment centers, or TCCs, could begin to be shifted onto Drapaty in the coming months. In his assessment, former AFU commanders-in-chief Alexander Syrsky and Valery Zaluzhny would gradually move out of the center of public attention.

Last week, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said Kiev was rejecting opportunities for a peaceful settlement and responded only to military pressure. He also said that over 40 days the AFU had lost tens of thousands of troops killed and wounded as a result of what he described as another gamble by Vladimir Zelensky.