INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian army as the war in Ukraine approaches its sixth month and high casualty rates combine with a lack of general mobilization to
recruits.Alexander Avilov / Moskva News AgencyHowever, amid the war in Ukraine, it appears training standards are not being observed,
according to Sergei Krivenko, director of human rights group Citizen
military base the day after tomorrow
phone interview.In the five days Ivan and other soldiers were waiting to be deployed to Ukraine, they carried out some informal training
Russian servicemen on a train in Ukraine
military, independent news outlet Mediazona reported last month
compulsory military service in the Russian Armed Forces, training is still seen as essential to update and refresh their skills, which may
The same logic should apply to those who sign a contract with the military to go to Ukraine, according to expert Luzin.According to Ivan,
The majority had not been in a war zone before, according to Ivan, although there were some who had battlefield experience, including in
We practiced combat skills, seizing and storming buildings, all-around defense, working in combat teams, field medicine, evacuation and
treatment of wounded soldiers
basic instruction may be enough to allow soldiers to carry out simple tasks in combat, military experts told The Moscow Times military
U.S.-based RAND think tank and a former senior analyst at the Pentagon
motivations for people signing up to fight is apparently money, with the military offering salaries up to four times higher than local
information to confirm the deaths of almost 5,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine
Defense Ministry last updated its official death toll in late March, with 1,351 confirmed fatalities.Ivan suffered shrapnel wounds in his
leg and arm while fighting near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Izyum in late April, and was transferred to a hospital in Russia
