There are significant losses among officers in the Russian army, and this leads to even greater demoralization of the Russian army. Also, internal dissent and dissatisfaction with the war in Ukraine is growing in Russia.. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for May 30..

“Increasing casualties among Russian junior officers are likely to further aggravate Russian capabilities and lead to further morale breakdown,” the report says.. “Internal dissent in Russian military circles that the Kremlin is not doing enough to win the war continues to grow.”.

ISW analysts talk about internal dissent, in particular, based on the words of terrorist Igor Girkin, who claimed that the Kremlin abandoned the ideological basis of the conflict, focusing the conflict on Donbass, and not on the whole of Ukraine. Girkin complained that Kremlin officials no longer question the legitimacy of the existence of Ukraine, and the concepts of " He also accused the Kremlin of appeasement and said that the threat of defeat continues to grow..

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The report also states that Russian troops continued to gradually capture the microdistricts of Severodonetsk, but have not yet completely surrounded the city..

The Russian occupation troops focused on regrouping near Izyum to resume the offensive on Slavyansk and Barvenkovo \u200b\u200band carried out, according to the ISW, "

Russian forces in the Kharkiv region continue to focus their efforts on preventing the Ukrainian counteroffensive from reaching the international border between the Kharkiv and Belgorod regions..

“A limited Ukrainian counter-attack in the northern part of the Kherson region did not advance further, but disrupted Russian operations,” the report says..

The Russians launched several unsuccessful attacks on Ukrainian forces on the eastern bank of the Ingulets River..

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Recall that on May 30, British intelligence also reported significant losses of the Russian Federation among officers of middle and junior ranks.. They believe that the loss of a significant part of the younger generation of officers can exacerbate problems with the modernization of the approach to command and control..