When Viktor Zolotov, head of the Russian National Guard, reported to Vladimir Putin on the progress of the invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, one of his remarks drew particular attention..

“I want to emphasize that we feel the support of the population of the liberated territories,” Zolotov assured the Russian autocrat, who looked at him with a stone face..

In reality, Russia cannot even enlist the support of its own troops, as evidenced by internal documents obtained by Yahoo News journalists.. They describe the details of the drunken shootings that arose during the six months of the Russian war against Ukraine.. In particular, one of these documents concerns a murder case, which is being investigated by the Military Investigation Department for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.. The incident happened on June 19. It all ended with the fact that three Russian soldiers were shot and two more were wounded during a shootout with FSB officers in a bar located on the Dnieper embankment of occupied Kherson.

Yahoo News recalls that the Ukrainian army is now trying to rescue the Kherson region. Although the details of the operation remain unknown as Kyiv has declared " However, videos circulating on social media show Ukrainian forces shelling ammunition depots, key bridges and Russian military headquarters.. Kirill Stremousov, whom Russia appointed as the " Meanwhile, there were reports of the sounds of small-arms fire in the Northern and Tauride districts of Kherson.. Russian investigators can only confirm the shootout that took place two months ago in the city. And then between the Russians.

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According to the document of the Military Investigation Department for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, on June 19 at 20:00 Igor Yakubinsky, Sergey Privalov and Dmitry Borodin, who served in VOG-9 of the FSB, went into an institution called " Topi" There they saw Sergeant Sergei Obukhov and Junior Sergeant Igor Sudin, who "

FSB officers told the Russian military not to get drunk while in uniform. Obukhov reacted by pulling out a gun and shooting at the floor.. Privalov tried to grab a weapon from him. At this time, Sudin began to shoot at the FSB officers from an AK-74 assault rifle.. Privalov and Yakubinsky returned fire.

The document testifies that Obukhov, Privalov and Yakubinsky “died on the spot”. Borodin and Sudin " They were taken to the 1472 Naval Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol. The fourth FSB officer, whose identity has not been established, fled the scene. Obukhov and Sudin served in the 8th Artillery Regiment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Yahoo News writes that this case illustrates well the problems with discipline among the Russian military in the occupied territories..

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The publication writes that there are a lot of reports of alcoholism among Russian soldiers.. This may be due to the low level of morale among the Russian military, as the war against Ukraine dragged on.. And Russia was never able to achieve its goals. In Kherson, Ukrainian partisans are actively hunting for Russian occupiers, setting up ambushes. Last month, Sky News quoted a Ukrainian journalist from Kherson as saying that Russian soldiers were wandering around the city drunk “with a bottle in one hand and a machine gun in the other.”.