Russian manpower shortages impacted internal security operations
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) is struggling with significant personnel shortages, especially in occupied territories in Ukraine, amid a broader power shift between other Russian internal security organs.[33] Russian Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev stated on August 10 that the MVD is struggling with a critical personnel shortage and that over 5,000 MVD personnel have left various MVD bodies within the past month.[34] Kolokoltsev stated in October 2022 that the MVD needs 52,000 police officers to adequately staff newly occupied territories in Ukraine by 2026, and stated in November 2022 that the current MVD shortage was 90,000 personnel.[35] Russian insider sources speculated that MVD employees are leaving due to corruption, poor payment, and performing as gendarmerie (military forces acting as civilian law enforcement).[36]
The Kremlin and Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) are likely attempting to deflect blame for Ukrainian shelling in Russian border areas onto mid-level officers. A Moscow court will consider a criminal case against two Russian officers accused of failing to prevent a surprise attack on the Russian Federation, which violates Article 340 of the Russian Criminal Code.[37] Russian authorities have accused the officers of failing to prevent Ukrainian forces from shelling their units and military equipment in Belgorod Oblast in April 2022.[38] This will be the first time that a Russian court will consider such a case since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[39]
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The war is exposing Russia's shortage of manpower in ways that Putin likely never imagined. The military and Russian leadership clearly were unprepared for Ukraine's resistance and the support it has received from other countries. The resistance in the occupied areas is also stretching Russia's ability to impose its will. Russia's significant losses of troops have probably also made it harder to find personnel.
I don't understand why the failure to stop a surprise attack is a criminal offense in Russia. They might as well charge Putin with that failure or his failure to stop drone attacks inside Russia. The Russian leadership and government started this war and they seem surprised that Ukraine is resisting their efforts.
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He says, "The Ukrainians, despite everything, were able to push the Russians back to defensive positions, which is a miracle, given the state of the Ukrainian army at the time of the Russian invasion."
"And you've seen a flood of support from all over the world to give them incredible and significant combat capabilities and training. Therefore, with all this in mind, I think it is important to look at it in perspective, in terms of the opportunities that they were able to develop and implement in a very short period," Ryder said.
"So (these are) outstanding results in a less-than-ideal situation. In the future, we will continue to consult with them and provide them with training so that they can regain their sovereign territory and eventually win this struggle," the General concluded.
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Probably no one is more surprised at these developments in Ukraine than the Russian leadership.
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Ukraine has scooped up over 800 Russian artillery systems, armored vehicles, and other weaponry since the start of the war, including 300 tanks, Deutsche Welle reports.
Those have then been repaired where necessary, examined for crucial military-tech information, and often put back on the battlefield to be pointed directly back at their former owners, the outlet reports.
Among the weapons captured were Russia's prized modernized T-72 tanks, it said, while many items, including Grad rocket launcher systems, fell into Ukrainian hands during last fall's stunning counteroffensive in the north and east of the country, sources told the outlet.
"Russia is competing with Western countries to supply weapons to Ukraine," Col. Oleksandr Saruba told Deutsche Welle.
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Ukrainians "don't have the parts that keep a lot of these running," Kofman said at a Carnegie Endowment event, adding: "So, on paper, you may capture a lot of vehicles, but you don't have the engines, you don't have the transmissions, you don't have the parts to keep them going."
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Recent Ukrainian waterborne drone attacks against Russian ships have exposed weaknesses in Russia's defenses, suggesting they're unprepared to stop the exploding boats.
The black USVs are tricky to spot, and even just one's explosive payload can cause massive damage and flooding. Last week, naval drone attacks against the Ropucha-class landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak and the Russian merchant tanker Sig left both vessels badly damaged, both clear examples of failures in Russian defenses.
In particular, it doesn't even seem like Russia anticipates these attacks. In a video shared last Friday of the Olenegorsky Gornyak attack at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the first-person view drone is able to approach the ship apparently undetected before detonating on impact.
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Satellite imagery contradicts Moscow's ‘pyrotechnics’ explanation for Sergiyev Posad explosion
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Naturally, the combat kayak can be propelled by its occupants with oars. However, it also features an outboard electric motor that is reported to be almost silent. This allows the Poloz-M16 to silently glide into an ambush position on the water and quickly exfiltrate after engaging the enemy. Ukraine News reports that the kayak is also ideal for sabotage. As with other military kayaks already in use, the Poloz-M16 can ferry small teams behind enemy lines to conduct covert operations and back to friendly lines with minimal noise and visual signature. The kayak is also easy hide on the bank of a river.
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It’s not the F-16 fighter which will win the Ukraine war, but the missiles it carries
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Putin profits off US and European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel
Biden is making this situation even worse by limiting US access to areas where nuclear fuel can be mined.
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Lukashenko says he will take Ukrainian children to Belarus and is not afraid of criminal charges
What a creep.
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