Russian forces continue to face desertion and personnel shortages, said the American Institute for the Study of War, Report informs.
"Pro-Russian Telegram channel Moscow Calling published an image of a billboard listing 300 servicemen of the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army who refused to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff had previously reported that the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade was deployed to Mariupol and Zaporizhia Oblast efforts on March 3. The billboard further supports the Ukrainian General Staff's report that Russian forces are seeing increasing cases of disobedience and desertion. Ukrainian partisans continued to target Russian collaborators and Russian occupation authorities on July 10 and 11," ISW said.