VLADIMIR Putin’s faltering war machine is coming apart at the seams after Russia suffered its worst monthly death toll of the war in Ukraine.
The invaders lost roughly 26,000 in June and a further 14,000 were wounded in battle – more than the entire population of Windsor, UK.
Vladimir Putin recently admitted that Russia has had ‘problems’ as tide turns against him Credit: AFP
Soldiers’ bodies are piling up as Moscow keeps forcing troops to the frontline Credit: East2West
The stats, if confirmed, show that in an attempt to save face.
‘s soldiers have been reduced to little more than cannon fodder, with a damning report revealing they have on the battlefield.
And as the continues to haemorrhage military manpower, Russian men are increasingly being forced into fighting against their will.
In one embarrassing case revealed today, nine prisoners due for deployment in the Kharkiv region deserted and went on the run.
A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions Credit: AFP via Getty Images
War graves are filling up across the country Credit: East2West
The men fled in the Belgorod region with their lives and were said to be unarmed.
‘s shocking death toll comes as is ramping up its powerful, far-reaching strikes deep inside the country and deeply humiliating Putin.
Several key refineries have been targeted in recent weeks, leaving a country that was once among the top exporters suffocating for .
Even Putin has admitted that his regime is facing “problems” due to repeated attacks on key infrastructure.
Stunning footage showed an oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow blowing up after Ukrainian strike on June 18 Credit: East2West
Filling station chaos caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries have hit almost all Russian regions Credit: East2West
To add insult to injury, key players in the Russian establishment are now demanding the tyrant end the war.
Russian leading banker German Gref, head of state-owned Sberbank, said in a blunt message to Putin on Kremlin-run TV: “I think what’s worrying every one of us is one and the same thing.
“I don’t think there’s a single person who isn’t concerned about anything other than a rapid end of hostilities, that’s clear.”
Graphic footage shows how Ukrainian drone pilots are killing Putin’s armed forces in the battlefield.
has vowed a 40-day campaign of strikes inside Russia to force Putin to the negotiating table.
His forces blitzed an oil refinery in Ufa on Wednesday, 800 miles from the frontline, as well as a weapons plant in Penza.
Bridges on Russia’s supply route to occupied Crimea were also destroyed in Ukrainian strikes.
But the overwhelming majority of Russia’s losses have come on or near the line of engagement.
Ukraine struck the Henichesk Bridge in Crimea earlier this month, which connects the peninsula to the mainland Credit: East2West
Russians are increasingly turning on Putin amid the increased strikes Credit: AFP
has regained around 260 square miles of its lost territory this year, showing the scale of Putin’s failure.
Zelenskyy demanded: “Peace is needed, and this is what the Russian leadership should realise. Russia must end its war.”
Kyiv’s crippling endgame blitz may well force Putin to end his conquest in mere months.
Retired officer Ben Hodges said momentum had clearly shifted in Ukraine‘s favour following a string of .
Putin’s regime is facing fuel shortages, energy blackouts and long queues for gas as .
Hodges told The Sun: “It’s clear to almost anybody that’s watching that the momentum has shifted in favour of Ukraine.
“The momentum has shifted because the Russian ground operations have been stopped and the Russian Navy is barely a factor anymore.”
He added: “Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes are wrecking ‘s and gas infrastructure and if they can continue this over the coming weeks, then it will be long term damage.
“If they can sustain this, going towards the end of the year, it will be very, very difficult for the Russians to support their own operations.
“I don’t think they’ll be able to sustain it at this sort of level deep into next year.”
Ex-British intelligence officer Philip Ingram told us: “What we’re seeing is definitely the start of a new chapter in the war.
“It’s taken Ukraine a significant amount of time to develop the technology, build the manufacturing capacity and build the numbers of drones that they have done.
“They’re starting to have an effect because Vladimir Putin himself has admitted the difficulties that Ukrainian drone attacks are having on fuel supplies across Russia.”
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