Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted a Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council decision to impose sanctions on Russian officials involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children on February 28. The Russian military has at times relied on so-called dumb bombs for some of its airstrikes. Putin seems to be following a manual out of the last century, not this one. And what's their - and why do they do it? Claim: According to a February 2023 video message, U.S. President Joe Biden had invoked the Selective Service Act, which will draft 20-year-olds through lottery to the military as a result of a [1] The Russian MoD relatedly claimed on February 19 that Ukrainian officials are planning false-flag attacks at hazardous radiation facilities in Ukraine to accuse Russian forces of indiscriminately striking such sites. In short, 2023 is a pivotal year in the war, and it is extremely important that Russia does not During a trip through the Eastern European countries that fear they could next face Mr. Putins military, General Milley has consistently been asked the same questions. Why did they so badly misjudge the Ukrainian resistance? Do the sources know the information? NATO? https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0NL2GH6ye8Z9QKkzyTCr https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demand-tanks-outstrips-production https://t.me/Sladkov_plus/7267;https://t.me/Lunay14/3910. And Prigozhin also owns the Internet Research Agency - you know, the troll factory. They work - they're owned by a Russian oligarch called Prigozhin, who's close to Putin. Deutsche Wellereported that Lukashenko will sign a large package of agreements on developing joint projects, trade, economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, and political cooperation with China during his three-day visit. [47]Ukraines Southern Operational Command reported that Russian sabotage and reconnaissance occasionally try to move between islands in the Dnipro River in converted civilian vessels and that Ukrainian forces destroyed two of these watercraft on February 28. Russian tank units, for instance, have deployed with too few soldiers to fire and protect the tanks, officials said. Michael Kofman, a military analyst at CNA, an Arlington, Virginiabased think tank, who has been following the battle closely, tweeted late Sunday afternoon, Its taken me a while to figure out what [the Russian military is] trying to do, because it looks so ridiculous and incompetent. B.A. The Russian government has found Wagner and other private military companies to be useful as a way to extend its influence overseas without the visibility and intrusiveness of state military forces. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. #Ukraine #Vuhledar #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/bIqWpLpcnZ. If it's not going to be the United Nations, which has - many think has been AWOL for the last 30 years, then who is - you know, who's going to be enforcing that? But even more critical are losses of heavily armed, but lightly armored BMP Note: ISW does not receive any classified material from any source, uses only publicly available information, and draws extensively on Russian, Ukrainian, and Western reporting and social media as well as commercially available satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports. Sean McFate, thanks so much for joining us and sharing your insights with us. [42]Ukrainian Mariupol Mayoral Advisor Petro Andryushchenko reported that Russian forces have transferred between 20,000 and 25,000 personnel from Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, to unspecified areas of the front, although Russian forces likely transferred most of these personnel to areas of active offensive operations elsewhere in Donetsk Oblast. Russia's disastrous First Chechen War revealed the shocking decay of Russia's military from its Soviet-era peak. You can follow his articles on Twitter. After their initial invasion last year failed to take Kyiv, Russian forces pulled back, mining roads and fields. And though the Finns executed a masterful mobile defense against larger Soviet forces in 1939-1940 and 1944, Helsinki was still eventually forced to sue for peace and cede the Karelian Isthmus both times. During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact disposed of more than twice as many divisions and three times as many tanks as NATO did. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. A 2020 CSIS article, for example, counts 260,000 conscript soldiers and 410,000 contract soldiers, the latter paid an average of 62,000 rubles per month. Russias War Time T-62 Tanks Here are the major military aviation procurements Russia is expected to pursue in the 2020s. 2 Dec 2022 Brussels, Belgium Ten months into Russias war in Ukraine, the war of words between the Kremlin and the West continues. https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1630535360735334400;https://tw https://twitter.com/GianlucaMezzo/status/1630577307260690435?s=20, https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1630453726304518144, Donetsk Battle Map Draft February 28, 2023.png, Kharkiv Battle Map Draft February 28, 2023.png, Zaporizhia Battle Map Draft February 28, 2023.png, Kherson-Mykolaiv Battle Map Draft February 28, 2023.png, Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2023.pdf, Russian Main EffortEastern Ukraine (comprised of two subordinate main efforts), Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and encircle northern Donetsk Oblast, Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, Russian Mobilization and Force Generation Efforts. MARTIN: That was Sean McFate. Some troops have crossed the border with MREs (meals ready to eat) that expired in 2002, U.S. and other Western officials said, and others have surrendered and sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid fighting. [51]Ukrainian sources reported that Russian forces struck Kherson City, Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, and Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. And it's puzzling because Putin is a - he's been a leader in modern warfare not in terms of it being morally good, but in, as you said earlier, hybrid war. Amid the ongoing war in Eastern Europe, the Institute for the Study of If Step 2 hit a big obstacle, the by-the-book soldiers moved on to Step 3 anyway. Pointing out outdated stereotypes regarding Russia's military isn't meant to aggrandize its prowess, glorify its campaigns or defend human-rights abuses and invasions. | The Kremlin appears to be using Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as a conduit to reengage with this information operation, likely in pursuit of negotiations on favorable terms to Russia and further delays in the Wests provision of critical weapons systems to Ukraine. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is currently in a war of words with the Russian military, accusing it of not supplying his organization with ammunition. Fighting around the town has been ongoing since March 2022, but has been escalating since Jan. 24 when Russia launched a renewed offensive. It's true a significant chunk of Russia's army is made up of conscripts who are paid a pittance (2,000 rubles, ie. We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. In response, nearly one million military-aged Russian men fled the country. Have they proved reliable in the past? An early example is the re-introduction of outdated T-62 tanks to Russian service. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. The military mobilized an unspecified amount of According to russian sources, the cost of one modified A-50U filled with valuable electronics is close to $330 million. The Russians do not have unlimited quantities of their most modern equipment. There is no debating that. Gone are the days of the 1970s when the US When adjusting for purchasing power, this may multiply effective defense spending by at least a factor of three. [30]The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks on Bakhmut itself; north of Bakhmut near Dubovo-Vasylivka (6km northwest), Orikhovo-Vasylivka (10km northwest), Berkhkivka (4km north), Yahidne (1km northwest), Vasyukivka (13km northwest), and Bohdanivka (8km northwest); west of Bakhmut near Chasiv Yar (10km west); and southwest of Bakhmut near Bila Hora (15km southwest). The Ukrainian General Staff noted that Russian troops continued unspecified offensive actions in the western Donetsk Oblast direction. The resistance will continue, especially now that practically every nation in NATO is supplying Ukraine with weapons. In other words, Russias military modernization has been uneven at best. Chaotic destructiveness can only go so far. Hence the stories of captured Russian troops who had no idea why they were in Ukraine. https://twitter.com/fdov21/status/1630339835058593794;https://t.me/y https://www.facebook.com/watch/president.gov.ua/;https://suspilnedot. Groups are working to de-mine those areas to make them safe for civilians. She said there should be an investigation. Russia's Army is primarily made up of poorly trained conscripts. And the more Putin resorts to chaotic destructiveness, the more organized the defenses become. So, as might be expected, lots of Russian tanks are getting ambushed. It's mistaken to assume perceptions of the Russian and Soviet militaries necessarily remain true today. Moscows forces are likely to step up the kind of broader attacks that have led to rising numbers of civilian deaths. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Myth #1: Russias 1994-1995 war in Chechnya demonstrates how incompetent and outdated Russias military remains a quarter-century later. Like, the troll factory creates disinformation, creates the fog of war. Vladimir Putin dismissed the weapon as old and said Russias missile systems would be able to shoot it down. In one notorious incident early in the war, a 40-mile (64-kilometer) convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and towed artillery became stalled 19 miles (30 km) [4]The recent resurgence of several standard Russian information operations in the form of false flag warnings and tired nuclear threats suggests that Russian officials are increasingly trying to mitigate the informational impacts of a continued lack of Russian battlefield successes as well as to slow down the provision of Western tanks and other equipment in advance of expected Ukrainian counter-offensives. Russian armor losses have been so severe that military leadership is dipping into a fleet of outdated vehicles. One picture shows a Russian thermobaric TOS-1A tank - a so-called "vacuum bomb" captured by the Ukrainian army. It's certainly true that the US's financial means allow it to deploy global power projection capabilities including nuclear-powered supercarriers and hundreds of stealth combat aircraft that far exceed anything Russia's military can do. [21]US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns stated on February 25 that the CIA is confident that Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment to Russia. [59]Business Insiderconcluded that Russian production remains unlikely to meet demand levels, however. [43]Russian forces have conducted infrequent localized attacks in Zaporizhia Oblast in recent months but have not conducted any meaningful offensive activity in Kherson Oblast since withdrawing from the west (right) bank of the Dnipro River in November 2022. But one of the lessons thats clearly evident is that the will of the people, the will of the Ukrainian people, and the importance of national leadership and the fighting skills of the Ukrainian army has come through loud and clear.. Potemkin military.. according to the Kremlin's official site. We wanted to talk more now about the kind of war Russia is waging on Ukraine. This is well known. Accuracy and availability may vary. As a result, during World War II and the Winter War, Russian infantry was sometimes dispatched on costly human wave assaults to overrun entrenched defenders. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: VIDEO: Why Russia's military is failing so far in Ukraine. And there will be lots of casualties. WebHow outdated is the Russian military? So they reported lies to him instead. While procuring new aircraft, the VKS retired over a thousand According to russian sources, the cost of one modified A-50U filled with valuable electronics is close to $330 million. The photograph is said to have been taken in late 2022. [22]China may clandestinely transfer equipment to Russia via Belarus. [11]Peskov added that Ukraine also needs to consider Russias specific goals in the war in Ukraine to reach a negotiated settlement. What are you thinking of? It added: "Due to the lack of high-precision weapons, [56]https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0NL2GH6ye8Z9QKkzyTCr [57]https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demand-tanks-outstrips-production [58]https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demand-tanks-outstrips-production [59]https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demand-tanks-outstrips-production [60]https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demand-tanks-outstrips-production [61]https://t.me/Sladkov_plus/7267;https://t.me/Lunay14/3910, [63]https://t.me/concordgroup_official/528. I mean, are they Russian nationals? Now, most of those mercenaries with the Wagner Group, they are ex - we'll say, like, USSR orbit. The Kremlin is likely attempting to reintroduce a Russian information operation aimed at falsely portraying Russia as being open to negotiations while the collective West refuses to negotiate. Recently, Russian military spending has ranged between the equivalent of $50 and $60 billion per year less than 10% of the annual US defense budget. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) accused the US and its accomplices on February 28 of planning to carry out a provocation in Ukraine using toxic chemicals. [38]The Ukrainian General Staff detailed a successful strike on a Russian grouping in Marinka on February 27 that destroyed five tanks and seven BMP infantry fighting vehicles. Are they third-country nationals? [2]The apparent uptick in fallacious biochemical and nuclear false flag warnings accompanies a concerted Russian false flag information operation accusing Ukraine of preparing for an invasion of Russian-occupied Transnistria, Moldova. [37]Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian troops broke through Ukrainian defensive lines in Pobieda and gained new footholds within Marinka. Click here. Russia is believed to have lost almost 1,000 tanks in its war with Ukraine, a senior US defense official said Thursday. Russia Is Still Using 60-Year-Old Tanks in Ukraine. That said, Russias invasion of Ukraine has been particularly sluggish and flawed. Depends on which standards the word outdated is based. By Hollywood standards, its certainly mostly outdated, there are even personnel wearing 1 Its why so many tanks and other vehicles have been spotted stuck on the side of a road. Thomas Bullock, an open source analyst from Janes, the defense intelligence firm, said Russian forces have made tactical errors that the Ukrainians have been able to capitalize on. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Sean McFate, author of "The New Rules of War," about Russia's military tactics in Ukraine. He holds a master's degree from Georgetown University and served with the Peace Corps in China. It's unlikely. Can we corroborate the information? Get the latest military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. This is possible due to the new capabilities of surveillance drones and electronic warfare units to ferret out enemy positions without having to push as many human scouts into harm's way. He was American. Regarding claims Russia lacks manpower due to a shrinking population, in fact only 5% of each yearly male cohort is conscripted, and the pool of available manpower is expected to increase for at least a decade. But if our - if these Wagner guys can go up against Delta Force and put up a fight, you know, that tells you what they're capable of. Its a bad army!. Sean McFate, welcome. Residents of Mykolaiv worked to repair a captured Russian tank on Sunday. [58]Business InsiderandThe Economistnoted that 18 Russian factories are refurbishing old tanks and that two more repair plants will soon join the efforts. Videos taken by Ukrainian fighters and shared online have shown Russian tanks attempting to cross fields and roads, only to crash to a halt as a mine blows up beneath them. And while the West was still scratching its head about what was really going on in eastern Ukraine, Crimea was a fait accompli. But with each day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds out, the scenes of a frustrated Russia pounding, but not managing to finish off, a smaller opponent dominate screens around the world. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. #Ukraine: A Russian T-72B3 tank and BMP-2 IFV were destroyed by the Ukrainian 72nd Brigade using an AT mine and ATGM respectively in Mykilske near Vuhledar, #Donetsk Oblast. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Copyright 2022 NPR. Despite having a huge advantage in armor when the war broke out, severe losses have weakened Russias forces. In the years immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian military As a result, Ukrainian drones have been picking off Russian convoys with impunity. Pretty outdated. Gen. Omar Bradley once said about different types of military officers, Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.* In that sense, Russians are amateurs. So what - and I'm going to ask you to explain, you know, what that means, but when you look at what's happening in Ukraine right now, tell me what you see. Right now, Ukrainian forces at Vuhledar are outnumbered when it comes to armor the first Leopard tanks donated by Poland arrived in Ukraine on Friday but the last two weeks have shown its mines are enough to hold back Russian tanks, at least for now. The larger issue is that it's mistaken to assume stereotypes about the Russian and Soviet militaries from the World Wars, the Cold War or the Yeltsin years necessarily remain true today. Ukrainian soldiers have killed more than 3,000 Russian troops, according to conservative estimates by American officials. Switchblade 300 Used to Target Russian Positions: There is an old idiom that you dont bring a knife to a gunfight meaning you should never enter a confrontation or Russia Is Still Using 60-Year-Old Tanks in Ukraine. Many of them are from Spetsnaz, which is Russian special forces, and they're very tough. They don't address non-state actors. Serbia has shown interest in French jets since 2022 in the hopes of replacing outdated Soviet MIGs. News reports, tweets, videos, and emails from the battlefields show Russias armored vehicles abandoned for lack of fuel, its soldiers foraging for food, its transport planes shot out of the sky, its various military elementstanks, infantry, aircraftunable to coordinate their aims. Russian battlefield defeats, and mounting casualties, also have an impact. The Russian advance is ponderous, retired Gen. Philip M. 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