The units of russian occupiers in the kherson oblast are trying to surrender because they are wedged between the [ukrainian] defense forces and the right bank, the head. A btg is the russian army’s basic unit for ground warfare. Each btg includes around 800 soldiers plus 50 or so armored vehicles. For the ukraine campaign, the army.

Russia’s 331st Guards Parachute Regiment is considered "the best of the best", but BBC Newsnight has been tracing the casualties as the unit battles through Ukraine.

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The regiment's commanding officer - Col Sergei Sukharev - died in mid-March. His chief of staff and numerous other officers have also fallen.

The regiment previously served in the Balkans, Chechnya and the 2014 Russia invasion in the Donbas.

Tracking the unit through Ukraine, Newsnight’s diplomatic and defence editor Mark Urban looks at the outpouring of grief and anger from Russia in response to the devastating losses. What went wrong for the once-elite regiment? And what does its fate tell us about Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

This film was produced by Maria Jevstafjeva and Louis Harris-White.

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