Russia’s economy is in recession and its resources to replenish the Armed Forces have been significantly reduced.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has proposed a series of sweeping reforms and goals for the development of the Russian Armed Forces, which the country is unlikely to complete during the war in Ukraine. This was announced by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in a report for December 21.
On the eve of Shoigu, he said that the number of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should increase to 1.5 million people, including military personnel under contract – up to 695 thousand people, gradually raising the call for in military service from 18 to 18. 21 years and raising the age limit for conscripts from 27 to 30 years.
“It is unlikely that the Kremlin will build such a large force in connection with Russia’s war in Ukraine. Building a mission is costly and time-consuming… Russia has not been able to fully staff the units and regiments it before a large-scale invasion. and the new division is not fully staffed, about which it was created announced in 2020 before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022,” analysts said.
They emphasized that Russia’s economy was in recession, and its resources to replenish the army were significantly reduced after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian “officer corps” had already been decimated by defeats in this war. Shoigu’s proposals may be a way to appease the blogging community that accuses the Kremlin of not taking the serious steps necessary to win the war. They also create information conditions for the mobilization of future waves under the guise of staffing units and strengthening the military power of the Russian Federation in the future,” the ISW summed up.
Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said in an interview with the Economist that the Russian authorities have been collecting resources for the war against Ukraine for almost four years, but in the end quickly they ran out of reserves. and absolutely no result.
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Source: korrespondent
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