'Atesh': Russians Suffering Drastic Losses Trying To Advance Towards Kharkiv

Some units are "wiped out".

Russian units are suffering heavy losses in the Kharkiv direction, and at times units of the occupation army are losing about two-thirds of their personnel. This was reported by the Atesh partisan movement, citing its own sources.

The largest and most significant losses are being suffered by Russian assault units.

"As a result of heavy fighting, separate units of the 138th Independent Motorised Rifle Brigade, 18th Motorised Rifle Division and 7th Independent Motorised Rifle Regiment have lost combat capability. Losses in killed and wounded amount to up to 70 per cent of the personnel," Atesh noted.

Ukrainian partisans explain that clashes between line units of the Russian Armed Forces and Storm-Z have played a weighty role in this.

"It is not easy for all the commanders to manage former prisoners, even for those who have rich military experience," Atesh noted.