Among both seasoned officers and newly mobilised troops, morale is fraying — worn down by a growing feeling that there is no clear plan to end the war, and that lives are being sacrificed for nothing.

Oleksandr Shyrshyn, a battalion commander in the elite 47th Mechanised Brigade, went public this week with his concerns. His unit operates US-made Abrams and German Leopard tanks — symbols of Kyiv’s western backing — but he wrote on social media that even the best equipment cannot compensate for flawed planning that sent his men into harm’s way.

“In recent months, it has started to feel like we are being erased — like our lives are being treated as disposable.

I wonder: Did it take some of them this long to understand this or is it that they've known a while and the propaganda bubble is breaking down enough to allow them through to actually say stuff like this?

Either way, it seems like a clear sign that Ukraine's state-level strength is waning and even western handlers understand this:

Many soldiers and, increasingly, officials say the country must brace for a long, asymmetric struggle.

So they probably want to resort to nazi terrorist units if Kiev regime collapses.