The command supplies Russian soldiers with drugs and psychotropic substances as additional means of encouragement which distort the feeling of reality, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has said.

"Russian soldiers refuse to die for the awkward goals of their leader more and more often, therefore the enemy command has decided to resort to an experiment with extra stimulators which distort the feeling of reality and lead them to death," it said.

According to the General Staff, the personnel of the 108th Airborne Assault Regiment of the 7th Airborne Assault Division regularly receives drugs and psychotropic substances.

"These drugs cause a state of euphoria and dull the pain. The soldiers who take them easily agree to participate in the cannon fodder assaults without fear of being injured or killed," it said.