A captured Russian officer described how men from his battalion had "run away" and that there was "no one left" to fight.
The Russian army has been beset by persistent reports of low morale among the ranks, after suffering massive casualties. According to the Ukrainian military, over 40,000 Russian soldiers have ben killed in action since hostilities broke out on February 24. Countless Russian soldiers are reported to have deserted their units in a desperate bid to flee the slaughter on the front lines.
Describing the hopeless situation faced by his commanders, Major Gruzev recounted how both soldiers and officers refused to fight and fled their positions.
The officer is serving in a military unit from Abkhazia and was taken prisoner near Kherson.
In a video posted by Ukraine's military, Major Gruzev said: "Nobody wants to be here. Everyone wants to go home.
"All the soldiers from the first and second battalion ran away.
"No one's left. They refused to fight."
Abkhazia is a breakaway region in Georgia, which Russia recognised as an independent state after the Georgian war in 2008.
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