The moral and psychological state of Russian servicemen involved in hostilities in Ukraine remains a serious problem for top leadership. An increase in the number of battalion tactical groups cannot affect the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to them. , said at a briefing at the US Department of Defense.

United States intelligence continues to receive " Officers refuse to take orders, soldiers do not fight as well or as aggressively as expected, and are generally demotivated to continue fighting.. And this is a problem for the military leadership of the Russian Federation. However, they try to solve the problem of quality at the expense of quantity..

“And by the way, right now – and I didn’t mention this before – but according to our estimates, Russia now has only 105 active BTGs in Ukraine..

So they continue to increase the number of battalion tactical groups that are in the Donbas,"

At the same time, the Pentagon praised the fighting spirit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

" And there's a very strong desire to fight. Again, we don't have a complete picture of each division, but we don't see any issues with unit cohesion and morale,"

Also, the US Department of Defense announced that they plan to conduct a military rotation in Europe..