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Russian Morale and the War
We are getting isolated intercepts from Ukraine that once against point to issues within the Russian army. Mind you, these are part of the information warfare space, so they do paint a picture that Ukraine wants. However, we get some material from people on Telegram confirming the dark mood.
Realize, as far as Russian military doctrine is concerned, if you throw enough bodies at the problem, this should solve the issue. Russia has not changed its military doctrine since World War Two.
A call released by Ukraine, and translated by Dmitri is quite telling:
(M): Do you still have the pills?
(R): Yes, mom, I do.
(M): Son! I’m just worried, really… I understand — you’re all tired, you’re nervous… but I’m also really worried. I also found out something about your brigade, it’s just…
(R): Found out what?
(M): It’s about the boys who were entering together with the 30th brigade, located in Donetsk or something… A boy from the 30th came back and said that from the 15th *brigade*, from the boys… who were at this location, 20% are left alive and a bunch are missing “…” It’s scary, it’s so scary… From the 31th brigade, 100 people are left, it’s a nightmare what’s happening…
(R): Right.
(M): Seriously, I’m so worried for you “…” You should have had a rotation on 23 May, but they didn’t find enough people. The disabled people were also told on the…