Many Russian soldiers say they would see a cease-fire along the current front lines as a failure, hinting at the nationalist discontent the Kremlin could face in accepting a cease-fire.

Russia's ground forces participating in combat against Ukraine amount to upwards of 640,000 soldiers, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on May 15. "Moscow has turned its aggression against Ukraine into a war of attrition and is using a combined force of up to 640,

A soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who surrendered to the Russian military in Novoaleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, provided information about the movement routes of his comrades and the location of infantry units in the area.