Soldiers are good at making excuses. Or just saying "Don't know, sir" over and over. What are you going to do, jail or discharge all of them? Then what?Can you imagine the shit most soldiers would be in if the ran & abandoned materiel as shown in these pics?
Russian military equipment abandoned in Ukrainian counteroffensive – in pictures
Ukraine’s forces recapture hundreds of square miles and scores of equipment and ammunition from Russian troopswww.theguardian.com
Some officers' heads will roll, then it's back to the meat grinder.