RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP ‘LOSING CONFIDENCE’: Russian commanders in occupied Crimea are scrambling to disperse their forces in the face of successful attacks by Ukrainian special forces operating behind enemy lines with the help of local residents, according to the latest assessment from the Institute for the Study of War.

The Washington-based think tank cites a report from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency that Russian forces are relocating dozens of fixed and rotary wing aircraft stationed in forward airfields in Crimea to areas deeper in the Crimean Peninsula and in mainland Russia.

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