Russian Troops Are Crashing Into Their Own Anti-tank Barriers And Dying, Pro-putin Hardliners Say

'Dragon's teeth' anti-tank barriers in a field in east Ukraine. The concrete pyramids are meant to block and damage Ukrainian tanks and other armored vehicles.Getty ImagesRussian troops are crashing into anti-tank barriers in Kursk, Russia.Russian nationalist bloggers are blaming inept commanders for putting them in the wrong place.Other reports suggest they are the work of saboteurs.Russian commanders are misplacing anti-tank barriers, which their own troops and civilians are crashing into, according to several Russian hardliners.The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think tank, cited posts by Russian nationalist bloggers on Telegram complaining of havoc on roads caused by the spiked "dragon's teeth" anti-tank barriers in Kursk, in southern Russia.The concrete pyramids, which stand about 4 feet tall, are meant to block and damage Ukrainian tanks and other armored vehicles.The Russian military bloggers, who've long been an important source of independent information about the Russian military, complained that "dozens" of military personnel and civilians had lost their lives crashing into the barriers, according to the ISW.