Russia’s nightmare is still in its infancy

The American “National Interest” website stated that “the Russian army suffers from a lack of experienced soldiers, forcing Moscow to rely on the contracting forces to support its” private military operation “in Ukraine. In its latest intelligence estimated war in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense stated that the “Russian military leaders” force “men who were recruited in 2022 to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to the independent Russian news agency Verska.” The ministry added, “While it is said that the contracts granted to Russian soldiers have official end dates, reports indicate that they may continue indefinitely, with the threat of those who refuse to sign to send them to the“ meat minute ”attacks with low survival rates of up to 10 percent. .

According to the site, “The Kremlin showed amazing capabilities in generating strength. For example, last year, the Russian army, paramilitary units and separatist forces loyal to Russia lost nearly 400,000 men dead and wounded in the fighting. However, the Kremlin managed to replace these men with various recruitment plans. However, such high levels of attrition are costly. The Russian army does not have sufficient numbers of experienced forces, and this lack of old warriors and professional forces means that Russian military leaders are more restricted in their actions in the battlefield. For example, the Russian army cannot perform extensive effective operations with shared weapons, that is, using artillery, air force and ground forces together. ”

The website continued: “According to the British Ministry of Defense,“ The Russian efforts to compel the soldiers to sign unspecified contracts that are likely to be partially driven by the lack of experienced soldiers, as Russia has incurred nearly 860,000 dead and wounded since Ukraine’s invasion in 2022. This is to a severe depletion of the number of Russian individuals who have more than primitive levels of training. ” Indeed, the Russian army is currently stuck in a vicious circle. This is because the strategy of attrition pursued by Russian President Vladimir Putin means that Russian leaders are forced to maintain offensive pressure across multiple sectors of the seam. This strategy has succeeded to some extent. For the past few months, Russian forces have seized hundreds of square miles from Ukrainian lands, although at the expense of hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded soldiers.

The site added: “On the other hand, this strategy means that the forces do not get the opportunity to acquire valuable combat experience in the battlefield because the entire model is based on the exchange of men against land. Moreover, the Russian army may face serious setbacks if Ukrainians can launch a large -scale anti -attack. Almost certainly Russian leadership sees such measures as it reduces the potential requirements for more popular mobilization locally. After Putin from partial mobilization in 2022, hundreds of thousands of young educated Russian youth chose to leave the country instead of participating in the Russian invasion, and this greatly contributed to the long -term difficulties of the labor market in Russia.

The site concluded, “It is very important to note that Russia’s ability to send more men to the battlefield compared to Ukraine was the main reason for its success in the conflict so far. If Moscow loses its ability to mobilize a sufficient number of recruits to compensate for its losses, the war may go towards a negative turn for the Kremlin.