According to a secret analysis of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army is on the verge of collapsing due to mounting casualties of more than 30,000 Russian soldiers, which the Russian leader considers a “price worth paying” for a small piece of land.
It added, however, that Putin’s blood sacrifice may be a step too far.
Russian failures have already resulted in them narrowing their focus from their original goal of overthrowing Volodymyr Zelensky’s democratically elected government in Kyiv with a pro-Moscow regime.
After being forced to flee the capital, they are now concentrating their efforts on retaking the rest of the Donbas region in the east, which was previously held by Russian-backed separatist rebels.
They hope to take Sievierodonetsk as part of that advance, which has seen severe fighting in recent days.
The new figures, Russia’s latest suspected armament losses total 207. Warplanes, 174 helicopters, 1349 tanks, and 13 vessels were all destroyed.
“Russia’s goal to win a quick and conclusive victory in the Donbas has not yet succeeded,” the confidential study states, as per the Mirror.
“They’re still making progress, gaining 1-2 km every day.”
‘The Russians are now achieving their gains primarily through a slogging match with repeated, very expensive infantry strikes reminiscent of 1945 rather than 2022.
The report continues that Russian President Vladimir Putin has mainly been able to cover his invasion’s “grave failings” by blaming them on other Kremlin officials.
It added, “The Russian population until recently bought Putin’s disinformation. We have seen an attempt within the Kremlin to get a message across to Putin and his closest team that things are going wrong, perhaps even catastrophically wrong.”
Britain’s Defence Intelligence says Russia’s failed invasion resulted in “devastating” casualties among its mid and junior officers.
They are likely to be deploying forwards to the frontlines “because they are held to an uncompromising level of responsibility for their units’ performance”, the statement stated on Monday.