According to intelligence information, Russia has lost 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers. Putin is therefore urgently looking for reinforcements.
Moscow – Vladimir Putin had imagined things differently: Actually, Russia should have made much more progress in the Ukraine war. But Ukraine is fighting back bitterly against the invader. The Kremlin troops are also feeling the effects. Every day there are new reports of Russian losses at the front. Meanwhile, this is having an impact on the morale of Kremlin troops, who according to a senior US military officer are said to be in a “miserable” state.
For example, the training is not good. “I knew the Russian military was weak, but I didn’t know it was that weak,” said Mark Hertling, a former US lieutenant. Army, opposite Newsweek . According to the US secret service, Russia is therefore desperately looking for new troops. 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers have already died. As the RND reports, the military is suffering from a shortage of personnel. Amazed forces would have to return to combat, a US official told the AP news agency. The Kremlin recruited its staff from private security firms.
Putin sends prisoners as soldiers in the Ukraine war
In some cases, prisoners have to go into battle – as compensation, there are pardons and money. Putin had therefore announced that he would increase the number of soldiers by 137,000 to 1.15 million. The British secret service sees no advantage for the attacker in this. Great Britain doubts that the announced increase in the Russian army by almost 140,000 troops will increase the effectiveness of the troops in the war against Ukraine.
“In any case, under the current legislation, the order is unlikely to bring any significant progress in strengthening Russia’s combat capability in Ukraine,” the Ministry of Defense said in London on Sunday. “That’s because Russia has lost tens of thousands of soldiers,” it said, citing intelligence findings. In addition, very few new contract soldiers are currently being hired and conscripts are not required to serve outside Russian territory.
Russia increases number of soldiers in Ukraine war
“It remains unclear whether Russia will attempt to cover this increase by recruiting more volunteer contract soldiers or by raising annual targets for conscripts,” the intelligence service said. (mse)
