The morale of the occupation troops on the front line is extremely low through to high losses and the absence of russian commanders on the front line.

Vadym Skibitskyi, the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, stated this in an interview with ‘Apostroph TV’.

“In many cases, especially in those units that are on the front line, morale is quite low. There is a lot of information that russian commanders are not present at the front line at all, there is no normal logistical support,” Vadym Skibitskyi said.

According to him, drunkenness, refusal to follow orders of commanders and unauthorized abandonment of units widespread in many russian units.

“It's because there are heavy losses. There are a lot of losses [among the occupiers] due to the fact that timely medical care is not provided, and this all affects the battlefield and the morale of russian servicemen,” explained the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Vadym Skibitskyi reminded that historically the kremlin propaganda machine has always instilled in ordinary russians the need to endure.

“The propaganda said that we should be patient because we have an enemy that has always been in the West. [They said] that we will be pawing at soup, but we will forge weapons,” the representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence said.

Vadym Skibitskyi suggests that russians may eventually see the light, but they need time to do so. It is possible that the population of the aggressor state will experience something similar to what russians experienced after the Soviet war in Afghanistan, when many young people died or returned both the physically and mentally crippled.

“Many people said at the time: "What was I doing there?", and the officials answered: "I didn't send you there." It is difficult to say whether this is possible now in russia. But the situation in russia can change very quickly: the same events of 1917 showed that there was a tsar and the tsar was gone,” Vadym Skibitskyi emphasized, stating that the majority of the russian population is now silent.

“They are silent, afraid to express their opinions, talking about the situation only in the kitchen, as in Soviet times. And the situation is complicated: today, a very simple issue has come to the forefront of the russian population's minds - family income and the difficult financial situation of ordinary russian people. This is a fact,” the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine summarized.