General Staff: cases of desertion within occupation units have become more frequent due to significant losses
Morale and psychological state of troops in the TOT of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts has deteriorated

What happened? Due to significant losses of the occupiers, cases of desertion within units of the occupying forces increased and the morale and psychological state deteriorated dramatically.
Source. General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Details. “Thus, after the battles near the settlement of Mayorsk, the 1st Horlivka Territorial Battalion lost its combat capability. Its casualties amounted to over 50 percent killed and injured, the morale and psychological state of servicemen is unsatisfactory,” the statement reads.
The enemy command disbanded the mentioned unit. The remaining personnel are distributed among other military units.
During the past day, the Air Force of the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy 14 times. 11 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy were hit.
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Missile Forces And Artillery struck 3 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, a radio-electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot of the occupiers over the past day.
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