The online clearinghouse lists Russia’s active-duty force at about 850,000, with another 250,000 reserve forces and 250,000 in paramilitary groups such as the Wagner Group. Although Russia has made some gains in southern and eastern Ukraine, progress has been slow and bloody. If it is correct, then Moscow has lost nearly 6% of its active-duty military personnel in less than five months of combat against an opponent that, on paper, is much weaker. Of course not,” the Russian leader said during a video conference with government development officials. “It is clear that this is a huge challenge for our country, but … we are not going to give up and stay in a state of disarray or, as some of our well-wishers predict, go back decades. The losses his country has sustained in Ukraine, he said Monday, won’t affect the country’s long-term trajectory or its spot as a global military powerhouse. Putin rejects the notion that Russia’s military is becoming a shell of its former self. “ Russia’s military is in no condition to invade anyone else right now and it’s China & North Korea who are threatening military aggression,” Mr. SEE ALSO: U.S., China clash again over territorial disputes in South China Sea Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, asked in a Twitter post this month after the White House announced plans to station additional U.S. “Why is Biden sending more troops, planes & ships to Europe instead of the Pacific?” Sen. Some Republicans see little need to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank when Russia is so badly wounded. troop deployments in Europe and the Pacific. It also opens the administration to criticism about its long-term plan for U.S. Radakin said, according to British media outlets.įor President Biden, a weakened Russian military represents a big-picture geopolitical success, even as the U.S. “ Russia is a more diminished nation than it was at the beginning of February,” Adm. Instead, Russia may be sustaining permanent damage that will compromise its status as a major military player on the international stage. By most accounts, they expected a quick, easy victory with relatively little resistance or bloodshed when their forces crossed into Ukraine on Feb.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his military leadership did not anticipate such widespread death and destruction. approves $108 million in military aid to Taiwan amid tensions with China Tony Radakin, the head of the British military, said over the weekend that Russia has sustained about 50,000 casualties and has lost roughly 1,700 tanks along with a significant number of other vehicles and equipment. Western officials aren’t celebrating, but they are zeroing in on the long-term damage to the Russian military machine each day the war drags on.
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