An attempt to force the Seversky Donets River in the Donbas turned out to be such a disaster that even in the Kremlin-controlled "

It cites data from the American Institute for the Study of War, according to which Russia lost 485 soldiers of the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade during the fighting near Belogorovka..

Institute experts studied satellite images from the battlefield on May 11 and came to the conclusion that the Russian army suffered large-scale losses, which include not only personnel, but also more than 80 pieces of Russian equipment..

In total, the Russian command sent 550 military personnel to Seversky Donets, experts say. They wanted to cross the river in order to cordon off the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rubizhne from the northwest.

The New York Times writes that the failure of the Russian military is reflected even in the publications of pro-Kremlin military bloggers.. In particular, the telegram channel "