UK Intelligence warns of "extreme attrition" among Russia's senior officials in the war

The United Kingdom Intelligence services have indicated this Saturday that “extreme attrition” is occurring among senior officials of the Russian Armed Forces as the invasion of Ukraine progresses.

Thus, they have warned that there is a high “level of rotation” in these positions and have pointed out that, since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022, three commanders of one of the main regiments “have resigned or have been murdered.”

“This highlights the extreme wear and tear of the Russian military deployed even among relatively high ranks,” British Intelligence stressed in a brief statement released by the Ministry of Defense.

On Friday, British officials noted that both Russia and Ukraine have recently experienced “attacks of unusual intensity” in areas far from the front line, in an attempt by both countries to “strike the adversary's strategic depth.”

For its part, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a new battery of missiles against targets in the Crimean peninsula that have caused damage to the headquarters of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.