“Intelligence of the United Kingdom, referring to the Russian edition of “Land”, reported that the military command of the Russian Federation forces mobilized in 2022 to sign indefinite contracts with the Ministry of Defense due to the lack of experienced soldiers against the background of losses.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to review on the British Defense Ministry’s page in X (Twitter)
Details: As they noted in the department, although the contracts received by Russian soldiers have a formal expiration date, they can act indefinitely.
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Those who refuse to sign them threaten to send them to “meat storm”, where the survival rate is only 10-15%, according to the review.
Intelligence suggests that Russia’s efforts to force mobilized contracts are probably partially motivated by the lack of experienced soldiers, since since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has lost about 860,000 killed and wounded.
This has significantly reduced the number of Russian servicemen with more than elementary level of training, British analysts say.
In addition, as noted in the review, the Russian authorities are trying to reduce the potential need for further unpopular mobilization within the country.
Intelligence reminds that after the announcement of partial mobilization in 2022, hundreds of thousands of young and educated Russians decided to leave the country. This significantly affected long -term difficulties in the Russian labor market.
That preceded:
- Earlier, NATO noted the increase in losses among Russian occupation troops in Ukraine: last year, the Russian Federation lost more than 530,000 soldiers killed and wounded.
- Britain’s intelligence based on statistics, which is given by the Armed Forces General Staff, called January 2025 the worst loss for the Russian Federation after December 2024.