Russia sent troops into battle armed with little more than shovels against Ukraine's cluster munitions, report says

• A Russian soldier claimed that his regiment was being sent into hopeless fights, per independent media.
• His account suggests a desperate fight in the village of Andriivka, which Ukraine recently retook.
• Russian soldiers there had "practically no weapons," one soldier's wife reportedly said. 

A Russian soldier fighting near Bakhmut said his regiment is being sent to face Ukrainian cluster munitions with little more than "shovels," according to independent Russian media.