[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. Russia opened its invasion with a page from the superpower playbook as written by the United States and its allies in the 1991 Gulf War. President Vladimir Putin could still reduce cities in Ukraine to rubble, officials say. Will This Make Biden Acknowledge the Supreme Court Is Out of Control. "For example, for every item of gear or equipment, we must listen to those who use them and understand how these items perform and whether they are fit for their intended purpose," Putin told his coordination council, according to the Kremlin's official site. The idea of an arms treaty between the two nations may be outdated. 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. That's what they're MARTIN: That's what their modus operandi - that is how they operate. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl stated that the US does not assess that Russia will use nuclear weapons during a House Armed Service Committee hearing on American military support for Ukraine on February 28. Its why so many tanks and other vehicles have been spotted stuck on the side of a road. 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. Furthermore, declines in the ruble-to-dollar exchange rates don't as directly affect the price of military hardware Russia buys from Russian firms, ie. A destroyed Russian tank is seen outside of Izyum district of Kharkiv Oblast, [73]The Ukrainian General Prosecutors Office reported on February 28 that Russian officials have forcibly removed 16,000 Ukrainian children from Ukraine to Russia and Belarus and that Ukrainian officials have managed to return 307 of those children to Ukrainian-held territory. In theory, tanks and infantry companies in a BTG screen the artillery from counterattacks and mop up the survivors after the bombardment. The town itself has been shattered by the fighting, with buildings bombed out and streets abandoned. So, as might be expected, lots of Russian tanks are getting ambushed. Its been this way for much of February. Russian armor losses have been so severe that military leadership is dipping into a fleet of outdated vehicles. 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. Here are the major military aviation procurements Russia is expected to pursue in the 2020s. In part this is due to the valiant resistance of Ukraines army and civilian defense forces. In the years immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian military MCFATE: Sure. [1]https://t.me/mod_russia/24466;https://t.me/mod_russia/24467;https:// [2]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign https://t.me/mod_russia/24273, [3]https://isw.pub/UkrWar022323; https://isw.pub/UkrWar02242023. The vehicle was initially introduced by Soviet armed forces in 1954. By Helene Cooper,Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes, CONSTANTA, Romania When it comes to war, generals say that mass matters.. Ukrainian soldiers have killed more than 3,000 Russian troops, according to conservative estimates by American officials. [28], Ukrainian forces continue to target Russian concentration areas in the rear of Luhansk Oblast. Their caution partly explains why they still dont have air superiority over all of Ukraine, for example, American officials said. One picture shows a Russian thermobaric TOS-1A tank - a so-called "vacuum bomb" captured by the Ukrainian army. The question of the most modern army in the world is quite unusual. As they say, everything is known in comparison. For example, all NATO countries And remember, the Pentagon is also attempting to devote most of its military efforts to counter China in the Pacific. The Ukrainians have obliterated several old tanks armed with abundant anti-tank-guided missiles. The military mobilized an unspecified amount of [75]ISW continues to assess that the forced deportation and adoption of Ukrainian children may constitute a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. [9]Putin has frequently invoked mentions of domestic security, law enforcement, and counterterrorism efforts when speaking about the war in Ukraine in order to portray the war as a threat to Russian internal security and to bring the war closer to his domestic constituency as ISW has previously reported. Russia is believed to have lost almost 1,000 tanks in its war with Ukraine, a senior US defense official said Thursday. Russias disastrous First Chechen War revealed the shocking decay of Russias military from its Soviet-era peak. In total, russia has only 6 A-50Us and 3 MCFATE: Well, I've had a couple of conversations - well, more than a few with Wagner Group mercenaries. [50], Russian forces continued routine fire west of Hulyaipole and in Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts. ISW has not observed indicators that Russian forces are preparing to resume prolonged offensive activity in Zaporizhia Oblast or any offensive activity in Kherson Oblast. Now, most of those mercenaries with the Wagner Group, they are ex - we'll say, like, USSR orbit. [16]Lukashenko also blamed the West and the US for coercing Ukrainian officials into rejecting negotiations with Russia. [25]A Russian milblogger claimed that while Russian forces in Luhansk Oblast still have the initiative, Russian offensive operations in Luhansk Oblast are unsuccessful, supporting ISWs previous assessment that the Russian forces offensive in Luhansk Oblast lacks sufficient reserves to increase the scale or intensity of the offensive. He was American. 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. Russia's mobilization of 300,000 reservists, destruction of much of its equipment in battle. Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of belonging to the worlds biggest military alliance really kicked in after Russian forces attacked residential neighborhoods of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, with artillery on Monday. Satellite imagery taken on February 28 shows the first pictures of the A-50 since Belarusian partisans reportedly attacked it on February 26. 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. [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. Thousands who fled Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, arrived at the train station in Lviv, in the west. https://t.me/RVvoenkor/39332;https://twitter.com/Danspiun/status/16306 https://www.facebook.com/OperationalCommandSouth/posts/pfbid0QKZqHXVCM4m https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/3344;https://t.me/Yevtushenko_E/2691 https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32292266.html;https://www.themoscowtimesdot. The resistance will continue, especially now that practically every nation in NATO is supplying Ukraine with weapons. And they do the Kremlin's dirty work. 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) [20]https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-ass [21]https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates-2022. Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of belonging to the worlds biggest military alliance really kicked in after Armored forces attempting to take the Ukrainian town of Vuhledar are being decimated by landmines. This is just a strong supposition. Vladimir Putin dismissed the weapon as old and said Russias missile systems would be able to shoot it down. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia's weapons need to be modernized. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Pretty outdated. Pretty outdated. 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. [74]Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated on February 27 that Russias forced deportation of Ukrainian children is probably the largest forced deportation in modern history and a genocidal crime. It's a rare acknowledgment of the flaws in the Russian military's capabilities revealed by the war. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: VIDEO: Why Russia's military is failing so far in Ukraine. He's going back to the 1940s. 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. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). We encountered an issue signing you up. Similarly, tanks arent supposed to roll through hostile territory all alone. A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces are engaged in fierce fighting near Novoselivske (14km northwest of Svatove). But as a military advisor you cannot report that to the President. Moreover, Russia has also made some important progress in swarming technology. Should this continue, this may further accelerate an end to the war. Lukashenko stated during his official trip to China that Russia is ready to take steps towards a peaceful settlement and that there is a unique opportunity to end the war in Ukraine before Russia puts its economy on a stronger war footing. Pretty outdated. Only 64% of Russian military equipment and machinery is new or recent. It is 82% in Strategic Nuclear Forces, but only 48,3% in th [14]Russias suggested pre-invasion security talks called for the West to acknowledge a list of security guarantees demanding a moratorium on NATO expansion, a ban on the deployment of Western strike weapons near Russia, and the de facto withdrawal of NATO forces to their 1997 posture.[15]. [27]Russian milbloggers claimed that elements of the 254th Motorized Rifle Regiment (144th Motorized Rifle Division, 20th Combined Arms Army, Western Military District) fought near Kreminna. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider By Dr Igor Sutyagin. Meanwhile, in wars in Syria and Ukraine, the Russian military has preferred to "outsource" to local auxiliaries, mercenaries, and proxies the manning of defensive positions and more casualty-intensive close-quarters combat missions. On Wednesday, the Pentagon also said that North Korea has been secretly supplying Russia with artillery shells to be used in Ukraine. [54]Armenian officials have not yet publicly commented on the potential to extradite Kamensky to Russia. Ask any person who has either seen this from the inside and is not biased. [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. [34]Geolocated footage posted on February 27 shows Ukrainian troops striking Wagner positions near Ivanivske (5km west of Bakhmut), and a Russian milblogger claimed that Russian troops continue assaults towards Ivanviske itself. Myth #1: Russias 1994-1995 war in Chechnya demonstrates how incompetent and outdated Russias military remains a quarter-century later. The Russian soldiers have been plagued by poor morale as well as fuel and food shortages. A top US defense official supported ISWs continued assessment that Russia is extraordinarily unlikely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Do the sources know the information? Troops are trained in rote set pieces, with no time devoted to improvising if things dont go as planned. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. Or Russia could try to shut down Ukraines banking system, or parts of the power grid, to increase pressure on the civilian population to capitulate. But it is relentless, and theres still a lot of force to be applied., As Russias Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html. Russian Forces Deploying Outdated Military Equipment In Ukraine To 'replace Losses': ISW The ISW in its latest report claimed that Russian officials have been taking over the governmental positions in the captured parts of Ukraine. This whole question of what constitutes a war crime in the modern era was established in the Geneva Convention in 1949. It's true a significant chunk of Russia's army is made up of conscripts who are paid a pittance (2,000 rubles, ie. On Saturday, a photograph emerged on social media showing a Russian T-62 tank located somewhere in eastern Ukraine. It looks like the Ukrainians have been most successful when ambushing Russian troops, Mr. Bullock said. [80], Belarusian maneuver elements continue conducting exercises in Belarus. [31]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the situation in Bakhmut is becoming increasingly complicated, and Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky remarked that Wagner is increasingly committing its most prepared assault units to offensives in the area. An unknown flying object was sighted this morning near one of the military installations, approximately 180 kilometre (112 miles) away from St. Petersburg, hometown of Vladimir Putin.It further adds that, as Convoys of tanks are rolling inhowever slowlyfrom the north, west, and south. 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. Russia will commit hara-kiri if it sends its tanks fitted with 1PN96MT-02 optical sights in the Ukraine War. The T-62 is a vintage tank fielded by the Russian Army since the initial months of the ongoing conflict. [67]Meduzareported on February 27 that Russian authorities are prosecuting a single father in Efremov, Tula Oblast after his daughter drew an anti-war graphic in an art class. Like, the troll factory creates disinformation, creates the fog of war. WebPutin hints that Russia's weapons are outdated, saying it needs to modernize its military hardware. Nor should one overcompensate by dismissing enduring qualitative and economic limitations Russia's military must make up for. Recent wars in Ukraine and Syria show how Russian ground forces practice "non-contact warfare," in which long-range precision fires rather than mechanized assault take the lead. Today what I have seen is that even this huge army or military is not so huge, said Lt. Gen. Martin Herem, Estonias chief of defense, during a news conference at an air base in northern Estonia with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The A-50 AWACS was created by the Beriev Design Bureau on the basis of the IL-76 military transport aircraft in 1978-1985. It is just one of many aging T-62s deployed by the Russians in Ukraine, many of which have either been [55], Russian forces continue to face severe difficulties in replenishing military equipment and ammunition. Russian occupation officials continue efforts to use educational institutions to eradicate Ukrainian identity in occupied territories. I mean, I'm thinking of disinformation tactics. This weakness might not matter so much if an army makes rapid progress at the start of its offensive. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update. However, some of their age-old weaknesses havent been fixed at all. "My call for a Ukraine national militia of quick-trained volunteers to attack stopped Russian columns opportunistically (the Finnish model) is misrepresented as a call for an endless guerilla war After losing a few soldiers the Russians will withdraw (as in Chechnya). Is there any - just what's your take on that? The way the Russians have advanced, which is that they have stuck to main roads so that they can move quickly, not risk of getting bogged down in mud. It will no longer include counter-indicators for such an offensive. ISW will continue to report daily observed Russian and Belarusian military activity in Belarus, but these are not indicators that Russian and Belarusian forces are preparing for an imminent attack on Ukraine from Belarus. The Ukrainian General Staff amplified on February 28 a report from Ukraines Head of the Center for Trophy Research, Colonel Alexander Zaruba, assessing that Russian purchases of equipment from North Korea and Iran and deployment of outdated Kh-22 missiles indicate that Russia itself cannot meet wartime production needs. #Ukraine #Vuhledar #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/bIqWpLpcnZ. The Ukrainians have obliterated several old tanks armed with abundant anti-tank-guided missiles. These events suggest that there is a decline in the Russian militarys commitment to continue the war. But the Russian army isnt cut out for lightning strikes. When adjusting for purchasing power, this may multiply effective defense spending by at least a factor of three. Heightened tensions with Russia have given new life to some enduring myths about Russia's military. WebRussias Overestimated Military Might. Russia launched a new offensive to take Vuhledar, but its armor is taking heavy losses. So it's really curious. Thank you for joining us. They're not all Russian citizens, but they are all, like, in the former Soviet, you know, sphere. In this operation, the Russian military never achieved the necessary momentum. [72]The decision also imposes sanctions on seven Russian humanitarian and social movement organizations involved in various Russian schemes aiming to deport children. [19]Lukashenko previously stated that the Belarusian defense industry can produce weapons since Belarus has access to microelectronics, optics, and other component imports from other states. 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? Russia will commit hara-kiri if it sends its tanks fitted with 1PN96MT-02 optical sights in the Ukraine War. The T-62 is a vintage tank fielded by the Russian Army since the initial months of the ongoing conflict. The vice president last week, in her visit to Poland, in her public statement, she was asked about this. Also, it was a lot worse 10 years ago. Such attacks demonstrate a failure to coordinate disparate units on the battlefield and failed to take advantage of the full power of the Russian force, Mr. Kagan said. Faced with bad weather in northern Ukraine, the Russian officers grounded some Russian attack planes and helicopters, and forced others to fly at lower altitudes, making them more vulnerable to Ukrainian ground fire, a senior Pentagon official said. It's true a significant chunk Kherson Oblast occupation administration head Vladimir Saldo called on teachers from Russia to teach in Kherson Oblast, specifically Russian history, and stated that his administration intends to shape the educational curriculum with lessons on patriotism and military affairs under the guidance of the Russian Military Historical Society. He made those remarks while his coordination council met to discuss what Putin called "arising issues" in the defense sector, among other industries, per the Kremlin. In 2018, about 400 Wagner Group mercenaries went up against some of our best troops - Delta Force, Green Berets, Marines - in eastern Syria. [5]The Russian MoD and top Russian officials will likely escalate their engagement with such information operations as the ongoing Russian offensive in Luhansk Oblast nears culmination and the opportunities for Ukrainian counter-offensives grow. [49]Humenyuk reported that Ukrainian forces do not shell residential areas or critical infrastructure in southern Ukraine and strike Russian forces ensuring that local residents will not be affected. Therefore, large troop-transport planes tried to land, even though the airport hadnt been completely secured and Ukrainian air defense systems hadnt been destroyed. Clickhereto see ISWs interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These factors still leave Russia at a deficit compared to US spending, but a much smaller one than decontextualized budget figures imply. Most of all, Russia has exposed to its European neighbors and American rivals gaps in its military strategy that can be exploited in future battles. The result: Militaries in Europe that once feared Russia say they are not as intimidated by Russian ground forces as they were in the past. The tweet claims the tank was abandoned in good condition and fully-loaded. [37]https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/pfbid0dDf2w34VWwwcuYqnxSQ [38]https://t.me/wargonzo/11149;https://t.me/readovkanews/53706, [39]https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=133231762743931. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. You've written extensively about these groups. As a result, Ukrainian drones have been picking off Russian convoys with impunity. I'm talking about sort of turning different parties against each other. But nearly two weeks into President Vladimir V. Putins invasion of Ukraine Europes largest land war since 1945 the image of a Russian military as one that other countries should fear, let alone emulate, has been shattered. 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. We do not report in detail on Russian war crimes because those activities are well-covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we are assessing and forecasting. They work - they're owned by a Russian oligarch called Prigozhin, who's close to Putin. Why have the Russians performed so poorly in the early days of the war? Many of the more than 150,000 largely conscripted troops that Moscow has deployed across Ukraine have been bogged down north of Kyiv, the capital. 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