Today what I have seen is that even this huge army or military is not so huge, said Lt. Gen. Martin Herem, Estonias chief of defense, during a news conference at an air base in northern Estonia with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. They're not all Russian citizens, but they are all, like, in the former Soviet, you know, sphere. Accuracy and availability may vary. Russia is believed to have lost almost 1,000 tanks in its war with Ukraine, a senior US defense official said Thursday. Should this continue, this may further accelerate an end to the war. Can we corroborate the information? The current Russian army is a replica of Joseph Stalin s Red Army, designed to saturate minefields with bodies. When adjusting for purchasing power, this may multiply effective defense spending by at least a factor of three. The latest: Ukraines air defenses thwarted a number of Russian missiles fired at targets across the country on Thursday. Hence the stories of captured Russian troops who had no idea why they were in Ukraine. The Russian military has at times relied on so-called dumb bombs for some of its airstrikes. Its troops could plunder the places they conquer for fuel, food, and other supplies. Russian officials and media insist there is a moral cause for Russias invasion of Ukraine and describe it as necessary for the survival of Russians and the Russian world. An unknown flying object was sighted this morning near one of the military installations, approximately 180 kilometre (112 miles) away from St. Petersburg, hometown of Vladimir Putin. Also, it was a lot worse 10 years ago. #Ukraine #Vuhledar #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/bIqWpLpcnZ. Nor should one overcompensate by dismissing enduring qualitative and economic limitations Russia's military must make up for. It added: "Due to the lack of high-precision weapons, If you look at whats on the other side, youll see that there isnt really an opponent anymore, he said. Russia opened its invasion with a page from the superpower playbook as written by the United States and its allies in the 1991 Gulf War. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. Absolutely hilarious to watch. On Friday, he told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that the military's registration and enlistment offices have to be modernized, noting "certain problems, difficulties" in Russia's mobilization of 300,000 reservists, per Russian news outlet Moscow 24. While the shortcomings of Russia's one-year conscripts are real, they now constitute a large minority, not the majority of Russia's military. A 2020 CSIS article, for example, counts 260,000 conscript soldiers and 410,000 contract soldiers, the latter paid an average of 62,000 rubles per month. [31]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the situation in Bakhmut is becoming increasingly complicated, and Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky remarked that Wagner is increasingly committing its most prepared assault units to offensives in the area. [7]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign [8]http://en.kremlindot ru/events/president/news/70597, [9]http://en.kremlindot ru/events/president/news/70597. According to russian sources, the cost of one modified A-50U filled with valuable electronics is close to $330 million. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. [22]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign [25]https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0dDf2w34VWwwcuYqnxSQ [26]https://t.me/wargonzo/11149;https://www.understandingwar.org/backgroun [27]https://t.me/btr80/5171;https://twitter.com/auditor_ya/status/16305795; https://twitter.com/EjShahid/status/1630263342756515840, [28]https://t.me/boris_rozhin/79250;https://t.me/sashakots/38680, [29]https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1630616430210170880?s=20;ht https://t.me/LPR_JCCC/8071;https://t.me/LPR_JCCC/8069. MARTIN: That was Sean McFate. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is currently in a war of words with the Russian military, accusing it of not supplying his organization with ammunition. [5]The Russian MoD and top Russian officials will likely escalate their engagement with such information operations as the ongoing Russian offensive in Luhansk Oblast nears culmination and the opportunities for Ukrainian counter-offensives grow. They don't address terrorism, insurgent groups or groups like mercenaries. In total, russia has only 6 A-50Us and 3 Most of all, Russia has exposed to its European neighbors and American rivals gaps in its military strategy that can be exploited in future battles. [12]These goals include regime change of the Ukrainian government under the rubric of denazification and the elimination of Ukraines ability to defend itself against future Russian attacks under the rubric of demilitarization.[13]Peskov also stated that Russia made serious preparations for security talks before launching the invasion of Ukraine but accused the West of being unreceptive to such talks. [31]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the situation in Bakhmut is becoming increasingly complicated, and Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky remarked that Wagner is increasingly committing its most prepared assault units to offensives in the area. Claim: According to a February 2023 video message, U.S. President Joe Biden had invoked the Selective Service Act, which will draft 20-year-olds through lottery to the military as a result of a The extension of Russian prosecution efforts and Armenian cooperation are both significant events, though it is noteworthy that Russia and Armenia have an existing extradition treaty. [26]Geolocated footage published on February 27 showed two Russian tanks firing at Ukrainian positions west of Chervonopopivka (5km north of Kreminna) indicating limited Russian advances. https://t.me/RVvoenkor/39332;https://twitter.com/Danspiun/status/16306 https://www.facebook.com/OperationalCommandSouth/posts/pfbid0QKZqHXVCM4m https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/3344;https://t.me/Yevtushenko_E/2691 https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32292266.html;https://www.themoscowtimesdot. Chaotic destructiveness can only go so far. [6]ISW has assessed that Russian invocations of nuclear threats and nuclear doctrine are part of an information operation meant to discourage Ukraine and the West but do not represent any material Russian intent to employ nuclear weapons. [75]ISW continues to assess that the forced deportation and adoption of Ukrainian children may constitute a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The photograph is said to have been taken in late 2022. To be sure, most military experts say that Russia will eventually subdue Ukraines army. Click here. As a result, Wagner should be considered a proxy organization of the Russian state rather than a private company selling services on the The Russian military is about twenty years behind, compared to Western powers. In everything that they do. I saw many opponents who are not that out dated want to arm wrestling with the Russian military, and end up being feed calendar It has never been d [18]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign [19]https://www.dw dot com/ru/lukasenko-pribyl-s-vizitom-v-kitaj/a-64846196. [55], Russian forces continue to face severe difficulties in replenishing military equipment and ammunition. Whats their motivation for telling us? Videos show lead tanks getting disabled and the following tanks struggling to maneuver without meeting the same fate. "My call for a Ukraine national militia of quick-trained volunteers to attack stopped Russian columns opportunistically (the Finnish model) is misrepresented as a call for an endless guerilla war After losing a few soldiers the Russians will withdraw (as in Chechnya). It is just one of many aging T-62s deployed by the Russians in Ukraine, many of which have either been [33]https://t.me/readovkanews/53706;https://t.me/readovkanews/53701;http [35]https://t.me/ukrbavovna/6824;https://twitter.com/seanders_geo/status/1 [36]https://twitter.com/chris__759/status/1630324113616297984?s=20. Thanks for signing up! The Russian army has always been bad at setting up and sustaining supply lines. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Sean McFate, author of "The New Rules of War," about Russia's military tactics in Ukraine. Not outdated at all. The avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle) is faster than any other aerial vehicle in the world (with a speed of Mach 20 to27). I Depends on which standards the word outdated is based. By Hollywood standards, its certainly mostly outdated, there are even personnel wearing 1 [62], Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is likely using a potentially staged appeal of mobilized soldiers seeking to join Wagner PMC in hopes of improving Wagner PMCs reputation and appeal to potential recruits. Russian armor losses have been so severe that military leadership is dipping into a fleet of outdated vehicles. [20]https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-ass [21]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates-2022. Image: AP. The barrage was the most intense attack Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. So how do we enforce it? [21]US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns stated on February 25 that the CIA is confident that Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment to Russia. Moscow's inability to gain and hold significant ground in Ukraine, coupled with the destruction of much of its equipment in battle, has forced it to deploy Soviet-era tanks and weapons systems, according to Western intelligence. Is there any - just what's your take on that? Using revised urban-warfare tactics, it methodically leveled Grozny then weathered nearly a decade of violent insurgency to crush surviving rebels. [5]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-ass [6]https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-does-not-see-significant-near-term-r https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmwk4/pentagon-putin-nukes-ukraine. Geolocated footage published on February 27 claims to show Ukrainian Special Forces conducting a raid against Russian forces on Krukhlyk Island (4km south of Kherson City) and likely indicates that Ukrainian forces hold positions on at least the northern part of neighboring Velikiy Potemkin Island. Ukraine has shot down military transport planes carrying Russian paratroopers, downed helicopters and blown holes in Russias convoys using American anti-tank missiles and armed drones supplied by Turkey, these officials said, citing confidential U.S. intelligence assessments. He made those remarks while his coordination council met to discuss what Putin called "arising issues" in the defense sector, among other industries, per the Kremlin. Economic collapse and corruption resulted in dysfunctions ranging from [70]The decision imposes sanctions on 109 Russian citizens involved in the deportation and forced adoption of Ukrainian children, including many regional representatives of the Russian Childrens Rights Commission and Human Rights Commission. Some troops have crossed the border with MREs (meals ready to eat) that expired in 2002, U.S. and other Western officials said, and others have surrendered and sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid fighting. That information campaign centering on Russias openness to negotiations aimed to prompt Western officials to offer preemptive concessions and coerce Ukraine to negotiate on Russian terms and likely contributed to the delay in the provision of Western tanks and other equipment essential for the continuation of Ukrainian mechanized counteroffensives. [20]Ukrainian intelligence officials stated that Belarus supplied Russia with artillery ammunition from Belarusian warehouses to support operations in Ukraine. In total, russia has only 6 A-50Us and 3 outdated A-50s. Fighting around the town has been ongoing since March 2022, but has been escalating since Jan. 24 when Russia launched a renewed offensive. It is just one of many aging T-62s deployed by the Russians in Ukraine, many of which have either been Despite having a huge advantage in armor when the war broke out, severe losses have weakened Russias forces. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. It is not a winning technique for the long run against organized defenses. As part of that conflict, he is posting photos of dead Wagner soldiers in Bakhmut, giving a glimpse at how severe Russian losses are in the battle. In politics and in warfare, the small elite on top doesnt want subordinates to get too creativeif they did, they might take over. While the Russian armys troubles are real, the publics view of the fight is skewed by the realities of the information battlefield. [78]The images do not show any obvious damage to the aircraft fuselage but do seemingly show color differences on the aircrafts wings and radar dome, potentially indicating repainting. They created this fog of war and used it all these sneaky ways. WebRussia held its annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Monday but canceled the air force flyby over what it said was bad weather. WebRussian tanks have been outrunning the infantry who can protect them. [33]A Russian milblogger remarked that Russian troops are attacking towards Bohdanivka in order to threaten the Khromove-Bakhmut route. most of it. [37]Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian troops broke through Ukrainian defensive lines in Pobieda and gained new footholds within Marinka. Russias War Time T-62 Tanks Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. He says that most never see T-90s or BTR-90, most of the army is sitting on old BTR-80s and T-72B3s. And the results are the same. Can we corroborate the information? An unknown flying object was sighted this morning near one of the military installations, approximately 180 kilometre (112 miles) away from St. Petersburg, hometown of Vladimir Putin.It further adds that, as So mercenaries, in the last six or eight years, have become Russia's weapon of choice. Skeptics like to point out Russia's gross-domestic product is in the same ballpark as Italy's. But it is relentless, and theres still a lot of force to be applied., As Russias Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html. It's time to retire outdated stereotypes about the Russian military: As the possibility of an escalated Russian war in Ukraine looms larger and larger, a noted strategist and historian took to social media to argue Moscow's forces could be handily repelled by little hit-and-run warfare by Ukrainian civilians-at-arms. Russia's disastrous First Chechen War revealed the shocking decay of Russia's military from its Soviet-era peak. WebHow outdated is the Russian military? Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl stated that the US does not assess that Russia will use nuclear weapons during a House Armed Service Committee hearing on American military support for Ukraine on February 28. The invocation of Chechnya and Finland is peculiar as while both conflicts with Russia suggest certain operational and tactical lessons, neither ended victoriously for Russia's opponents. Published Feb 25, 2023 3:07 PM EST. In the fall, after losing swaths of land in Ukraines east, Russia tried to take the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, three hours south from Vuhledar. The Russian military is being forced to increasingly rely on outdated Soviet-made equipment in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, pulling out weapons that have been And right now, they're going through the streets of Kyiv in plainclothes. [53]This arrest demonstrates Russian authorities willingness and ability to target Russian citizens abroad in Russia-friendly countries for acts of protest committed previously within Russia. They're not a militia of the GRU, which is the military intelligence. Russias military, at 900,000 active duty troops and two million reservists, is eight times the size of Ukraines. At least a few didnt even know that they were in Ukrainethey thought they were still doing exercises in Belarus. And they do the Kremlin's dirty work. Pretty outdated. Only 64% of Russian military equipment and machinery is new or recent. It is 82% in Strategic Nuclear Forces, but only 48,3% in th Sign up for notifications from Insider! Rather, we need to move past stereotypes even those with some historical basis that mischaracterize what Russia's military can and can't do today. Pretty outdated. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. Four days of fighting might seem an eternity when viewed through the prism of round-the-clock cable news, but, in retrospect, a month from now, it will seem like the blink of an eye. You know, the U.S. Marine Corps? Putin lauded the FSB for its direct participation in the war in non-standard field tasks such as protection of the Russian border and cracking down on terrorist activities, organized crime, corruption, and extremism. And what's their - and why do they do it? We called Sean McFate to try to understand what this might mean. relying on tens of thousands of inexperienced conscripts. [68]Russian independent media outlets also reported on February 27 that Russian courts extended the sentence of a Moscow resident previously sentenced for an arson attack on a military commissariat and sentenced a Volgograd resident to four years in prison for setting fire to the back room of a military registration and enlistment office on May 15. Their caution partly explains why they still dont have air superiority over all of Ukraine, for example, American officials said. 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