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Morale as a major determinant in Ukraine

LAAS LEIVAT

‘Esprit de corps’ is the term often used within the military to describe the morale of one’s own troops. There’s a positive ring to it and denotes a confidence in victory.

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Readers of military ‘morale’ accounts of soldiers in battle, expect emotionally detached stories of the genuine mental fortitude of the fighters. The most recent assessment of British intelligence see low morale on both sides as a detriment in maintaining a winning war effort.

But the analysis concludes that Russians are more acutely debilitated from a low fighting spirit than Ukrainians. Reports of entire Russian units refusing to obey orders are not uncommon.

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