Numerous Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye Region have abandoned the Kiev regime's much-touted offensive, with low morale and recent heavy casualties as the driving force for their mass desertion.

Yevgeny Balitsky, Zaporozhye region’s acting governor, took to his Telegram channel to report that approximately 500 Ukrainian soldiers had fled the offensive on the Zaporozhye front.

According to the governor, “I just received information that two of the three airmobile battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to participate in offensive operations in the direction of our positions due to their low moral and psychological state.”