Recourse to reservists?
Russian troops are said to be lacking in many things
05/16/2022, 08:19 am
Whether in terms of equipment or personnel: According to the Ukrainian general staff, the Russian army is said to have suffered significant losses. The consequences: In some cases, the troops reportedly have less than a fifth of their equipment.
According to Ukrainian information, the Russian troops are suffering from a sometimes disastrous lack of material. on Facebook The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army announced that Russia was recording significant human and material losses. In some cases, Russian troops are said to be less than 20 percent equipped.
At Pospana, units of the airborne troops had therefore teamed up with mercenary troops because of heavy losses. Together they wanted to continue the war in Ukraine. According to the Dutch internet platform oryxwhich meticulously documents Russian losses in the war, Russia lost hundreds of tanks and other military vehicles.
According to Kyiv, the command of the Russian armed forces is trying to use more reservists to make up for the losses of the troops. Two and a half thousand reservists would be trained in the Voronezh, Belgorod and Rostov regions. It is planned to send them to the war in Ukraine.
US Institute: Russians are fortifying positions in the south
The Institute for the Studies of War (ISW), a US war research think tank, supports this account. The think tank assumes that the personnel reserves of the Russian armed forces are largely exhausted. Therefore, the Russian high command is forced to fill up decimated units with mercenaries or non-specialist soldiers, according to the current management report of the institute.
The military experts are citing reports that Russian mercenaries are now serving in the regular army’s airborne units. In addition, the Black Sea Fleet’s 810th Marine Infantry Brigade is said to have been replenished with crew members from naval vessels. The Institute considers it unlikely that the regrouped units will be effective in combat.
The institute also assumes that Russia has scrapped its plan for a major pincer attack in Donbass. Instead, the Russian troops concentrated on a smaller encirclement in the Luhansk region, according to the institute’s current situation report.
The Russian high command would probably prioritize the Sievarodonetsk battle in the future. According to the report, Russian forces are currently continuing their efforts to capture the city from the north and south. In the south of Ukraine in the Cherson region, the US experts see signs that Russian troops are fortifying their positions – probably in order to exercise permanent control over the area.