 Russian paratroopers, Marines revolt, refuse to take part in assaults near Khrinky. Russian paratroopers and Marines do not want to storm the positions of the Ukrainian army on the left bank of the Nipro in the Kursan region. As Natalia Fyomenyuk, the spokeswoman of the South Operational Command said on the air of the National United News telephone, such frontal assaults held frequently without the support of armored vehicles quite naturally lead to heavy losses. Now the number of Storm-Z type units has decreased in our direction and there are more Marines and paratroopers and they consider themselves the elite and they do not want to take part in such storms, said Fyomenyuk. She also noted that because of this, the Russians have moral and psychological disorders in the units and various disputes. This is why there is a lot of discord in the leadership of the Nipro group, which is now based there regarding the general understanding of the further developments of events, Fyomenyuk added. The crinky battle along with Ukraine's tenacious defense of Avdivka in the east in recent months have cost Russian forces more equipment than they can spare and have robbed the Russians of some, if not much, of the excess combat power they would need for a major breakthrough this winter.