Russian paratroopers refusing to go to fight in Ukraine - intelligence

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

After the massive losses suffered by the Russian paratroopers in combat clashes with Ukrainian defenders, the command of the airborne troops is at least partially trying to restore their morale and psychological state and combat capability. The main attention is given to units where more than 60 percent of the personnel were destroyed and units where the personnel are demoralized and refuse to continue their service.

The biggest problem for the occupiers is the mass refusal of the command staff of the airborne forces to participate in the war. Even contract soldiers, who were urgently assigned officer ranks, are refusing to take up posts from platoon commander to battalion commander, with subsequent departure to Ukraine.