Editing Human wave attack (section)

=== Russian invasion of Ukraine ===
==== Russian military ====
During the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] starting in 2022, the Ukrainian military, Western media and prominent Russian [[milbloggers]] have reported that the Russian military uses human wave attacks to overcome Ukrainian defenses.<ref name=StepIntoHell>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/russias-human-wave-attacks-are-another-stepinto-hell/2023/02/14/574e7202-ac27-11ed-b0ba-9f4244c6e5da_story.html|title=Russia's 'Human Wave Attacks' Are Another Step Into Hell|author=Andreas Kluth|publisher=Bloomberg|date=14 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=AtlCouncilApr2023>{{cite news|author=Olivia Yanchik|title=Human wave tactics are demoralizing the Russian army in Ukraine |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/human-wave-tactics-are-demoralizing-the-russian-army-in-ukraine/ |work=UkraineAlert|publisher=Atlantic Council |date=8 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=TelegraphMarch2023>{{cite news|author=Nataliya Vasilyeva|title= 'Why should I fight?': How Russian soldiers are mutinying in face of 'certain death' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/10/new-russian-army-unit-sent-find-soldiers-lost-chaos-faltering/|date=10 March 2023|newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref name="k637">{{cite web | last=Yanchik| first=Olivia| title=Human wave tactics are demoralizing the Russian army in Ukraine | website=Atlantic Council | date=8 April 2023 | url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/human-wave-tactics-are-demoralizing-the-russian-army-in-ukraine/ | access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="s169">{{cite web | last=Axe | first=David | title=Modern Banzai Charge: Russian Troops Pile Onto Vehicles, Speed Toward Ukrainian Lines ... And Die. But The Tactic Is Helping Russia Advance. | website=Forbes | date=26 February 2024 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/02/26/modern-banzai-russian-troops-pile-onto-vehicles-speed-toward-ukrainian-lines--and-die-but-the-tactic-is-helping-russia-advance/?sh=e4f7e33b5ef8 | access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="q661">{{cite web | title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 24, 2023 | website=Institute for the Study of War | date=24 March 2023 | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24-2023 | access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref>

During the battles of [[Battle of Bakhmut|Bakhmut]], [[Battle of Vuhledar|Vuhledar]],<ref name=AtlCouncilApr2023/> and [[Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024)|Avdiivka]], it was claimed that Russian Army regulars were sent into the battles using human wave tactics to capture the towns.<ref name=MeatAssault>{{cite news |title=Russia pursues Avdiivka with 'meat assaults' in a replay of Bakhmut |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1/russia-pursues-avdiivka-with-meat-assaults-in-a-replay-of-bakhmut |work=Al Jazeera |date=1 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's bloody fight for a ruined Ukrainian town has been a mess, and its forces are getting slaughtered, milbloggers say |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-bloody-fight-in-avdiivka-has-slaughtered-its-forces-milbloggers-2023-10 |work=Business Insider |date=31 October 2023}}</ref> [[Wagner Group]] paramilitary units also used "human wave attacks" using [[Russian penal military units|convicts recruited from prisons]] to fight in Ukraine,<ref name=StepIntoHell/> including those in the [[Storm-Z]] and [[Storm-V]] units.<ref name=MeatAssault/> It was also claimed that the Russian infantry sent in "human wave" attacks are poorly trained and equipped, with minimal or no [[Mechanized infantry|mechanized]] or [[air support]].<ref name=MeatAssault/> Rear Admiral [[John Kirby (admiral)|John Kirby]], spokesperson for the [[United States National Security Council|U.S. National Security Council]], claimed that Russia threw "masses of poorly trained soldiers right into the battlefield without proper equipment, and apparently without proper training and preparation."<ref>{{citation |first=Matt |last=Berg |title=Russia launched 'renewed offensive' against Ukraine, Kirby says |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/russia-ukraine-war-00121464 |website=Politico |date=13 October 2023}}</ref> Russian troops have claimed that they were threatened with being shot by [[barrier troops]] if they retreated from attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 March 2023|title='They threatened to shoot us if we didn't advance' — Russian soldiers deployed near Ukraine's Vuhledar ask Putin for help|url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/03/26/they-threatened-to-shoot-us-if-we-didnt-advance-russian-soldiers-deployed-near-ukraines-vuhledar-ask-putin-for-help-en-news|access-date=27 August 2024|website=Novaya Gazeta Europe}}</ref>

The term "meat grinder" has been used to describe these tactics used by Russia in attempts to wear down Ukrainian forces and expose their positions to Russian artillery.<ref name="Ivshina Brewer 2024 l201">{{cite web | last1=Ivshina | first1=Olga | last2=Brewer | first2=Becky Dale & Kirstie | title=Russia's meat grinder soldiers | website=BBC Home | date=17 April 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68819853 | access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> According to NATO and Western military officials, around 1,200 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in Ukraine every day on average in May and June 2024, mainly due to the use of [[Red Army tactics in World War II|Soviet tactics]] and human wave attacks. These attacks have also been compared to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]'s [[banzai charge]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia Sends Waves of Troops to the Front in a Brutal Style of Fighting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/russia-casualties-ukraine-war.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine calls them meat assaults: Russia's brutal plan to take ground |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80xjne8ryxo |work=BBC News |date=4 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/02/26/modern-banzai-russian-troops-pile-onto-vehicles-speed-toward-ukrainian-lines--and-die-but-the-tactic-is-helping-russia-advance/|title= Modern Banzai Charge: Russian Troops Pile Onto Vehicles, Speed Toward Ukrainian Lines ... And Die. But The Tactic Is Helping Russia Advance.|website= [[Forbes]]|date=26 February 2024}}</ref>

==== North Korean military ====

North Korean troops were deployed to Russia in October 2024 to aid Russia in the Ukrainian [[2024 Kursk offensive|Kursk offensive]], their attacks on Ukrainian positions were described as "human wave attacks" in December 2024 by Kirby, who assessed that the attacks had resulted in over 1,000 killed and wounded North Korean soldiers in one week on the front. He added that it was "clear" that Russian and North Korean military leaders saw the North Koreans as "expendable".<ref name="y298">{{cite web | last=Bazail-Eimil | first=Eric | title=North Koreans launching 'human wave' attacks against Ukrainian positions in Kursk | website=POLITICO | date=27 December 2024 | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/27/north-korea-attacks-ukraine-kursk-00196071 | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="s357">{{cite web | title=North Koreans kill themselves to avoid capture by Ukraine: US official | website=Radio Free Asia | date=30 December 2024 | url=https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/30/north-korea-casualties-ukraine-russia/ | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="a756">{{cite web | title=Ukraine war briefing: 'Human wave' of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US | website=The Guardian | date=28 December 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/ukraine-war-briefing-human-wave-of-north-korean-troops-being-sent-to-their-deaths-says-us | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="e060">{{cite web | last=Baker | first=Sinéad | title='Highly indoctrinated' North Korean troops are being sent on 'hopeless' human wave assaults against Ukrainian positions: White House | website=Business Insider | date=28 December 2024 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-troops-sent-hopeless-waves-attacks-ukraine-white-house-2024-12 | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>