Russians trying to avoid frontline by any means – spokesman of the Joint Press Center of the Tauride Defense Forces

Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, spokesman for the Joint Press Center of the Tauride Defense Forces, shared the information on Espreso TV.

"There are moral and psychological losses among Russian forces. There are complaints about the leadership, that they are using their people senselessly. Offensive actions should subside in the near future. There is a very large number of conscientious objectors from the newly mobilized who refuse to go on the attack and move towards the frontline," he said.

The spokesman added that there are large extortions in Russian units.

"Commanders take money for not making people go to the front line. They collect money from their subordinates allegedly for the dead, who are not taken from the fields. They take RUB 20,000 to 30,000 each, supposedly for the families of the victims. No one sends those money to the families – the commanders are taking them. There was even information that they were selling fuel from the vehicles. There was also information from Mariupol that the military were disabling equipment. Several pieces of heavy equipment were sent for repair, all with the same engine problems. People are so afraid to go to the combat zone that they are destroying the equipment," summarized Dmytrashkivskyi.