Analysts at the Jerusalem Institute for Security and Strategy and the French Institute of International Relations find that the number of Russian generals killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine suggests that the poor morale among Russian forces and a slow advance into Ukraine forced high-ranking officers to put themselves at risk in an effort to achieve military objectives.[11][45] UK intelligence attributes the deaths of senior commanders to their going to the field to personally lead operations due to "difficulties in command and control" and "faltering Russian performance on the front line."[46]