Russian troops are experiencing serious problems with personnel and manpower at the front. Attempts to transfer a battalion from an adjacent direction did not allow the units to be strengthened enough to carry out active assaults.
Source: OBOZREVATEL
This was reported by the press secretary of the separate Mariupol Motorized Infantry Brigade, Olga Kosenko. Instead of replenishing units that lacked personnel, they were merged into one.
“An example of the shortage of manpower is the merger of the first and second assault squads of the ‘Sever’ formation. That is, instead of completing units that were understaffed, they were combined into one. Similarly, the number of recruits has significantly decreased—by 3, 4, or even 5 times,” the press secretary noted.
She added that there are significantly fewer recruits in the Russian troops, and those who do arrive are insufficiently trained and do not know how to act to protect themselves from danger. Ukrainian soldiers actively exploit this to eliminate the enemy.
“Recruits are usually poorly trained, and our pilots note that they are easy to spot because they do not know how to respond to danger, particularly to drones,” the press secretary said.
