Russia’s navy paperwork present that Moscow’s commanders are apprehensive in regards to the enhance in suicides amongst their troops as troopers are “depressed” on the frontlines.
The stunning improvement comes as it’s revealed that Vladimir Putin’s forces anticipated the Kursk incursion however nonetheless did not cease it.
Russian navy paperwork, seized by Ukrainian troopers in Kursk and shared with the Guardian, report {that a} Russian soldier took his personal life after having been in a “extended state of melancholy as a result of his service within the Russian military.”
Troopers are advised to observe Russian state media each day to spice up their “psychological situation”, the report provides.
The Russian command additionally admits within the paperwork that “the problem of servicemen dying because of suicidal incidents stays tense.”
After a Russian soldier allegedly shot himself within the head in a bathe block, the paperwork mentioned of the incident: “The investigation into the incident decided that the reason for the suicide and dying was a nervous and psychological breakdown, brought on by his extended state of melancholy as a result of his service within the Russian military.”
In August, Ukraine launched its incursion into Kursk, a area of Russia positioned on the border with Ukraine.
The Kursk assault got here as a shock for a lot of, however the paperwork seized by Ukrainian troopers present that Russian troops have been getting ready for such an assault.
An entry from January 4 alluded to “potential for a breakthrough on the state border” by Ukrainian armed teams.
In February, commanders have been warned of Ukraine’s plan for “a speedy push from the Sumy area into Russian territory, as much as a depth of 80km [50 miles], to ascertain a four-day ‘hall’ forward of the arrival of the principle Ukrainian military models on armoured automobiles.”
Then, in March, Russian models have been advised to “organise further workout routines for the management of models and strongpoints relating to the right organisation of defences” on the border.
In June, Russian commanders warned of a Ukrainian plan to take Sudzha, a city in Kursk area. This ultimately occurred throughout the August assault. In addition they feared that Ukraine may attempt to take down a bridge over the Seym River utilized by the Russians as a provide route. This additionally occurred throughout the August incursion.
Ukrainian troopers have described how Russians rapidly retreated as soon as they launched the incursion. One Ukrainian advised the Guardian: “They ran away, with out even evacuating or destroying their paperwork.”
The paperwork lay naked a number of the ways Russian troops have been contemplating, with one observe describing the creation of decoy trenches: “Fashions of tanks, armoured automobiles and artillery launchers must be created in addition to mannequins of troopers, and they need to be periodically moved round.”
One other observe described how Ukrainians have been disguising themselves as Russian troops: “To stop enemy infiltration into our fight formations … commanders are to implement the usage of identification marker variant n6, constituted of supplies 8cm vast, to be hooked up utilizing invisible tape.”
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