Russia's elite paratroopers and marines are refusing orders to launch 'human wave attacks,' Ukraine official says

• Elite Russian troops are refusing to launch "human wave attacks," a Ukrainian official said.
• Nataliya Humenyuk said the marines and paratroopers were concerned over huge losses in the assaults.
• Former prisoners and poorly-trained reservists typically carry out costly frontal assaults, she said.

Russian marines and paratroopers are refusing to launch certain types of assaults due to concerns over the huge losses other troops are suffering, a Ukrainian official said, per the Kyiv Post.