Losses cause panic among Russian troops, they lose motivation

He said this on Espreso TV. 

“Marinka is at the epicenter of the events. Our defenders are performing their functions, repelling numerous enemy attacks. In the Donetsk direction, namely in the vicinity of Marinka, the highest concentration of enemy forces and power of the Russian invaders is observed. The enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 26 times over the last day. The lion's share of hostile attacks is directed at Marinka,” Shershen noted. 

According to the spokesperson of the Joint Press Center of the Tavriisk Defense Forces, Marinka is a foothold where the occupying Russian troops are being burned.

“The enemy suffers heavy losses. This leads to demoralization and loss of motivation. Enemy attacks that result in personnel losses cause panic among the Russian military,” Shershen emphasized. 

• The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, wrote a letter to the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry in which he announced his intention to withdraw his mercenaries from Bakhmut on May 10. Later, he said that his mercenaries would hand over their positions in Bakhmut to Ramzan Kadyrov's troops on May 10.

• Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate believes that he made the statements about the withdrawal of forces amid his inability to fulfill another promise to capture Bakhmut by May 9.

• Later, the Kremlin-controlled leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called on the leader of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, not to leave his position in Bakhmut (Donetsk region) at midnight on May 10.

• US analysts have doubts about Russia's ability to conduct a coordinated defense campaign along the entire frontline, as Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov is forced to give in to the demands of individual unit commanders.