for Russiapresumably failed to realize the plan announced by the military leadership to increase the numerical composition of the army by 11% in the next three years, the British Ministry of Defense predicts in its daily report.
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The institution reminds that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the plan to increase the army to 1.5 million people in the period from 2023 to 2026.
But British intelligence questions Russia’s ability to implement such an expansion of its armed forces. But Shoigu’s plans demonstrate that Russia intends to maintain a high military threat for many years after the end of the invasion of Ukraine.
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 22 January 2023
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“However, Russia is likely to have difficulties with personnel and equipment for the planned expansion,” the report said.
of Russia the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in the early morning of February 24, with rocket fire, airstrikes and the arrival of ground forces. As one of the targets of the invasion Russia originally mentioned Ukrainian “denazification”.
The occupiers in Ukraine have suffered heavy losses and are accused of deliberate killing of civilians, as well as other war crimes. The atrocities of the occupiers began to come to light en masse after the Ukrainians drove them out of the Kyiv suburbs, such as Bucha.
of Russia treatment of Ukrainians, including killing and setting up infiltration camps, characterized by this “fascism manifesto”published by the Kremlin’s propaganda news agency “RIA Novosti”.
In general, the war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, when Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula and started a war Ukrainian in the east.
