But not the fact that it can.
Russia wants to gather up to 60,000 new servicemen, attracting conscripts and mobilizing reservists to strengthen existing occupiers in Ukraine. This was reported by CNN with a comment from an anonymous US official.
The American official also added that he was not sure that the Russians would be able to collect such a number. There is also no information on whether the Russians will allow time for the proper training of recruits and for what tasks they plan to recruit them.
Also, US intelligence has not yet seen ready units and units, fully equipped and properly trained, that could replenish those battalion-tactical groups that lost combat capability during the fighting in Ukraine and were withdrawn to the rear.
According to the US military, Russia still retains 85% of its combat capabilities along Ukraine's borders before the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. This estimate involves the number of serviceable tanks, fighters, missile systems and personnel.
It is also reported that the Russians have not been able to solve their difficulties with the logistics of the troops, so, according to the official, it is unlikely that the recovery of combat-ready BTGr will be quick.
Eastern Military District. They are trying to form occupation administrations within the temporarily occupied districts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts.
We emphasize that residents of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts who remain there should evacuate while there is still a possibility.
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