War in Ukraine. Rat infestation on the front. They paralyze military operations

Ihor Zahorodnyuk, a researcher at the National History Museum of Ukraine, spoke about the invasion of rats and mice in an interview with CNN. The expert tried to explain Where did this huge number of rodents on the battlefield come from?.

Winter crops planted in the fall of 2021 were not harvested in many places, resulting in excessive self-seeding. The mice he raised survived very warm winters – He said.

At the same time, according to Zahrodnyuk, fighting on the front drove predators from the fields, which were the natural enemy of mice and rats.

In the long term, according to the expert, this could pose a very serious problem. Ihor Zahorodnyuk, among others, remembers: the period of the First World War, when the army also had to deal with a large number of rodents in the trenches. Please note that pets They can transmit diseases that are dangerous to military personnel and cause severe bites.

As a scientist from the National History Museum of Ukraine confirmed, the problem is not limited to soldiers who have to deal with rats and mice. Increasingly There are reports of rodents damaging military equipment.

– The mice chewed everything: walkie-talkies, speakers, cables. Rats climbed into cars and chewed through electrical wires so that the cars could not move. They chewed up the wheels too. themselves The damage caused by rats in our bunker reaches one million hryvnia – said a woman named Kira fighting at the front.

According to Ukrainian media, soldiers are trying to combat the problem by “mobilizing cats.” Often you can see photos and videos on social networks showing animals whose task is to catch mice.