Declining Russian Troop Quality, Morale, Ukraine Drones Drive Massive Kremlin Losses

A new year and more Russian deaths on the battlefront with no gains to show for them. Sounds like last year - and the year before. 

The reason for these failures is being attributed to three primary causes. First, declining Russian troop quality - most convicts or forced conscripts from occupied Ukrainian regions, whose training remains substandard. Second is the lower morale of these units as they understand the odds against them. And thirdly is the increased efficiency and lethality of Ukrainian drone forces. None of these factors is expected to turn in the Russians' favor for the foreseeable future. JL

Espreso Global reports:

Factors have led to the massive losses of the Russian army include: Ukraine's defense industry has created the world's first kill zone which reaches up to 10 kilometers, enhancing Ukraine's ability to destroy enemy troops and armored vehicles. Ukraine's forces can deploy 14 FPV drones against a single target in, including against individual Russian soldiers. The second factor is the low level of training among Russian soldiers. The core of assault groups consist of prisoners from Russian penal colonies. The second category consists of forcibly mobilized individuals from the occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk. They don't undergo combat training and are immediately thrown into assault units. The third factor  is the low morale of Russian assault units. Banzai attacks have exhausted them

Russian forces are suffering massive losses of up to 35,000 a month. This stems from several factors: cutting-edge Ukrainian defense technology, inadequate training, and plummeting morale among Russian troops

Dmytro Sniehyriov, military expert and co-chair of the Prava Sprava Public Initiative, stated this on Espreso TV.

"A number of factors have led to the massive losses of the invading Russian army. Ukraine's defense industry has created the world's first so-called kill zone. Currently, its width reaches up to 10 kilometers. Ukraine's capabilities to destroy enemy personnel and armored vehicles have increased many times over. So the first factor is the innovative technologies of Ukraine's Defense Forces.

According to Russian assessments, the Defense Forces now have the ability to deploy up to 14 FPV drones against a single target in certain frontline sectors, including against individual Russian servicemembers. Russian forces don't have this capability or this quantity of FPV drones," Sniehyriov noted.

According to the military expert, the second factor is the low level of training among Russian army soldiers. Currently, the core of assault groups consists of prisoners from Russian penal colonies who, according to a decree by the Russian dictator, have the right to sign contracts with the aggressor country's Ministry of Defense even in the courtroom. The second category consists of forcibly mobilized individuals from the occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The age range is from 18 to 65 years old, they don't undergo combat coordination training and are immediately thrown into assault units. This is precisely what accounts for the high Russian losses - up to 35,000 per month.

 

"The third factor that enables Ukraine's Defense Forces to inflict colossal losses on Russian forces is the low morale of Russian assault units. The tactics of so-called banzai attacks have essentially exhausted themselves, which has led to colossal losses.

Thus, this combination of factors produces those Russian loss figures announced by the American president and Ukrainian intelligence - up to 35,000 Russian army personnel," Sniehyriov concluded.