Russia on Brink of Collapse: Leaked Docs Reveal Shocking Plan to Attack Kursk as Troop Morale Hits Rock Bottom
Ukrainian Army Seizes Documents Revealing Russian Military’s Foreknowledge of Incursion
Documents seized by the Ukrainian army from abandoned Russian sites in the Kursk region show that the Russian military leadership had foreseen the Ukrainian incursion across the border and planned to resist it for months.
According to documents reviewed by The Guardian, the Russian military leadership was growing increasingly concerned about the decline in morale among its troops in the Kursk region. This concern was heightened after one of the soldiers killed himself in front of his comrades, suffering from ”chronic depression caused by his service in the Russian army”.
The documents also reveal instructions to unit commanders to ensure Russian soldiers have daily exposure to Russian state media in order to maintain their “psychological balance”.
The Guardian reported that a Ukrainian special operations team seized documents from the Russian Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service, and the army from buildings in the Kursk region and later provided them to a select group for review and photography.
Some documents typed orders distributed to various units, while others are handwritten records recording events and concerns at specific locations.
Attack Warning
The newspaper revealed that while Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk surprised many of Kiev’s Western allies and Ukrainian elites, Russian military documents had for months included warnings about possible incursions into the region and attempts to seize the city of Sudza.
A document dated January 4 spoke of “possible violations of government borders” by Ukrainian armed groups and ordered increased training in preparation to repel any attack.
In mid-March, border units were ordered to strengthen defense lines and “organize strong points related to additional exercises of unit command and proper organization of defense” in preparation for Ukrainian cross-border attacks.
Consequences of the War
Newspapers: One million dead and wounded as a result of the invasion of Ukraine
American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal” estimates that the number of dead and wounded on both sides in the two-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine has reached nearly one million.
In mid-June, a more specific warning of Ukrainian plans was issued: “an attack towards Yunakhivka-Sudza aimed at taking control of Sudza,” which actually took place in August.
Russian military personnel complained in a June document that Russian units stationed at the front “on average are only 60-70 percent full and mainly consist of poorly trained reserves.”
After the invasion of Ukraine, in early August, many Russian troops abandoned their positions and within a week Ukraine took full control of Sudza.
“They fled without emptying or destroying their documents,” said a member of the special operations team that seized the files.
Misinformation Strategies and Mental State
According to the newspaper, the documents provide “an insight” into Russian tactics over the past year, in one case citing the need to build trenches and fake positions to distract Ukrainian reconnaissance drones.
To create models of tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery launchers as well as dummies for soldiers and periodically moving Russian forces in disguise.
In their dry and convoluted official language, the documents reveal disturbing indicators of deteriorating morale at the front.
A Russian military report said: “An analysis of the current situation shows that military suicide remains a serious challenge.”
The document mentions a shocking incident that allegedly took place on January 20 this year, where a soldier shot a guard in the stomach at one of the posts.
The handwritten report explains: “The investigation concluded that the suicide was the result of a psychological and nervous breakdown, caused by a chronic depression associated with the soldier’s service in the Russian army.”
To reduce the recurrence of such incidents, unit commanders were directed to identify soldiers who are mentally unfit to perform their duties or who are prone to deviant behavior, and arrange for their transfer to relevant military medical facilities.