The collapse of the Russian army continues.
Will Putin be able to stop it?
While Russian troops are suffering heavy losses, the Kremlin cannot find soldiers to fight on the Ukrainian front.
Desertions have begun among Russian troops.
Until now, many occupiers have chosen to surrender, saying that they have understood that there is no escape route.
This morning, it was announced that Russian occupiers have surrendered again in the Kursk region.
An occupier from the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation, who surrendered in the Kursk region, said that Russian soldiers who go to war against Ukraine are in danger of death or injury and that there is no return from the front.
The video clip of the interrogation was published on the social media channel of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The surrendered occupier continued his words as follows.
There is nothing good in war.
Do not come here, do not sign contracts.
This will not lead to anything good.
There is no return from here.
In the video, the Russian soldier, who introduced himself as Andrei Vinogradov from Primorsky Krai, says, "I was lucky that I could surrender."
The soldier reported that he worked as a gunner in the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation and worked at a funeral before the full-scale military intervention of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
He went to war after "voluntary-compulsory mobilization" and was threatened with 10 years in prison if he refused to serve.
The Russian soldier continued his words as follows:
It is better to stay at home, work for pennies, for peanuts, but it is better not to come here.
The Russian claims that he was a worker before the mobilization and went to war in Ukraine because of debt.
I have two loans totaling more than 800 thousand rubles.
They promised to close the loans, but they did not close anything.
According to the prisoners of war, the commanders threw them into attacks "like cannon fodder".
As we can see, Russian authorities are deceiving their own people and sending them to the front in order to continue their treacherous plans.
The Kursk region in particular is one of the places where Russian soldiers have the most difficulty.
The Kursk operation began on August 6, 2024.
At that time, there were approximately 11 thousand Russian soldiers in the Kursk region, most of whom were soldiers.
During the operation, the peak value of the Ukrainian Defense Forces' control area in the Kursk region was 1,300 square kilometers.
There are currently approximately 60 thousand Russian soldiers in the Kursk region, and in less than 6 months, 38 thousand people have been killed, injured and captured.
Thus, the total strength of the Russian forces has reached approximately 100 thousand in about six months, i.e. an increase compared to the initial strength of approximately 90 thousand troops.
In fact, in the Kursk region, a number of troops equivalent to the total force of an army and several divisions were concentrated and used.
In contrast, the effect of such a concentration of forces and resources was not only a partial, complete return of the Kursk region to the control of the Russian authorities, and today the Ukrainian Defense Forces control about 630 square kilometers in full or in part.
In other words, during the entire period of the Kursk operation, Russian troops were able to regain control of it, having lost 38 thousand personnel.
An important aspect is that Russian forces, such as the regional military administration and several motorized rifle divisions, were tied up on Russian territory and forced to systematically spend forces and resources on the fighting in the Kursk region.
Whereas these 90 thousand people could have ended up in the direction of Kupyansk, Pokrovsk or even Orikhove during these six months.
But all of these are military factors, and the impact they had on the Kursk operation negatively affected the combat capability of the Russian occupation forces and the reputation of the Putin regime, which had to fight on its own territory in the third year of the war.
There is another factor that is not often talked about - humanitarian.
About 150 thousand people fled the fighting in the Kursk region.
Details in our video.