The Russian occupiers have suffered huge losses in Donbas since the beginning of the full-scale offensive. The Ukrainian Defense Forces almost completely destroyed two elite brigades of invaders there.
Channel 24 writes about this, citing intelligence sources.
The offensive of the occupiers in the Donbas was stopped, because the Ukrainian soldiers "grind the enemies on an industrial scale." The losses of the invaders look even more humiliating because they did not move in huge columns, had no problems with supplies, and enjoyed fire support from artillery and aircraft.
During the first month of the war, the Russian Federation was able to capture only Volnovakha, which the invaders wiped off the face of the earth. The invaders suffered incredible losses in all other directions and could not advance even a few hundred meters.
According to the source of the publication, during the first weeks of the war, along with the equipment, a full-fledged BTG from the 20th separate guards motorized rifle Carpathian-Berlin Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Brigade from Volgograd was destroyed. Of the 900 people, only 60 survived.
In addition, for the first time, the occupiers began to refuse to take part in hostilities massively. It happened in the units, by Putin's request, were refused to enter the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Invaders from the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Vitebsk Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, and the Order of Suvorov Brigade began to beg home after several clashes with the Armed Forces. The elite brigade was almost completely destroyed, so the generals had to withdraw the "glorious union" remnants in Russia. It is there that the occupiers have already begun to write mass refusals and reports on dismissal, just so as not to meet with environmental forces again.
This elite brigade was almost completely defeated. The generals decided to withdraw its remnants to the territory of the Russian Federation. After returning, the occupiers massively wrote letters of resignation.
In order to somehow hold the front and continue to advance in areas of responsibility of 38 OMSBR, in March, the Russian occupiers had to urgently draw invaders from Siberia, Yakutia, and the Kuril Islands. The General Staff decided to expose its rear and urgently form and transfer two battalion tactical groups to the East of Ukraine from among the 39 OMSBR, which is stationed near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
So for more than a month now, the Ukrainian military, border guards, police, SSU, and National Guard fighters have been helping to demilitarize the Kuril Islands, which is originally Japanese territory. And the soldiers of the 38th brigade are unlikely to return home. What can not be said about the Kuril Island.
