Russian soldiers simply don't believe that Ukraine is threatening the existence of the Russian Federation.

• In Ukraine they say that great successes are also being recorded in the south, and claim: "thousands of Russian soldiers have surrendered" • British intelligence reveals: that the prestigious Russian unit designed to lead the attack against NATO "And was fatally damaged, it will take a long time to restore the damage

The Ukrainian gallop in fighting in the east of the country continues: President Volodymyr Zelensky informed last night (Monday) that the Ukrainian army has recaptured and liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers so far. According to estimates, the Ukrainians managed to liberate almost completely the Kharkiv district in the northeast of the country, and are constantly continuing to liberate territories in the Donbas region. The fighting is now going on in both Donetsk Oblast and the outskirts of Lugansk Oblast

One of the things that most characterizes the fighting is the large amount of booty that the Ukrainians manage to collect after the withdrawal of the Russians from areas that until recently were under their full military control. In the New York Times, there is a quote from one of the Ukrainian fighters, who claims that the unit in which he fought has already largely switched to Russian combat equipment - and many Ukrainian units are struggling to obtain as many spoils of war as possible, to upgrade their capabilities.
At the same time as the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the fighting continues all the time in the south as well, and the Ukrainian army is having success there as well. Yesterday at noon it was announced in Kyiv that they had captured more than 500 square kilometers in the Kherson district on the southern front and liberated dozens of settlements and towns. The spokeswoman of the Southern Command of the Ukrainian army said yesterday that thousands of Russian fighters have surrendered or are preparing to surrender to the Ukrainian army in the Kherson region, but no tangible evidence of this has yet been received that they can confirm it officially.

In an American intelligence briefing for the media yesterday, a security official said that the US has evidence and indications that, despite the instructions from Moscow, many of the Russian units that withdrew from the Kharkiv region returned to Russian territory and did not regroup in the Donetsk region. According to the assessment in Washington, those soldiers simply refuse to continue fighting and have returned to their homes in Russia

"We see that the Ukrainians are advancing at a fast pace and liberating territories occupied by the Russians," said an American official. "In the Kharkiv region, we estimate that the Russians have completely lost the gains they made and are retreating north and east. Many of their forces have crossed the border back into Russia." At the same time, evidence of the success of the Ukrainian attack also came yesterday from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which estimated that the Russian momentum in the fighting in the Donetsk region had been completely lost: "It has no strategic significance anymore."
British intelligence revealed this morning that one of the Russian forces most affected by the Ukrainian counterattack on the eastern front is the First Guards Tank Army (1GTA) - one of the most important and prestigious forces in the army. It is estimated that this force suffered heavy losses and is having difficulty restoring its strength. This army is considered a force designed to protect Moscow and is intended to lead the attack in the event of a war against the NATO alliance. The British Ministry of Defense estimates that the Russian army will take a long time to repair and restore the damage caused to it as a result of the war.

In the US they say on the last day: "The Russians are in trouble", and explain that the main question that is currently on the agenda is what will be Moscow's response to the new situation in the fighting. For the time being, it is evident that the order of the Russian Ministry of Defense to withdraw from Kharkiv Oblast and regroup in Donetsk Oblast does not succeed in stopping the rapid Ukrainian progress At the same time the unusual Russian attack against the power and energy plants in eastern Ukraine in recent days, although it resulted in a tremendous blow to the civilians and the home front is not expected to bring about a change in the picture of the fighting on the battlefield

Given the recent successful offensive attack of the UKR forces, how the Kremlin intends to continue the war?

The failure of the Russian army and the disorderly retreat in the east made President Vladimir Putin's goal of capturing Luhansk and Donetsk much more difficult to achieve. Many, even within Russia, are now wondering what Russia will do next, especially because Putin has avoided a large-scale reserve mobilization.