Russia struggling to train newly mobilized troops

Russia has no capacity to train large numbers of mobilized servicemen before deploying them to the Ukrainian front lines.

That’s according to UK intelligence, the British Defense Ministry reported on Twitter, as seen by Ukrinform.

“Russia is probably struggling to provide military training for its current mobilization drive and its annual autumn conscription intake. The Russian Armed Forces were already stretched providing training for the approximate 300,000 troops required for its ‘partial mobilisatoin’, announced on 21 September 2022. These issues will be compounded by the additional autumn annual conscription cycle, announced on 30 September 2022 and starting 01 November 2022, which is usually expected to bring in an additional 120,000 personnel,” the report reads.

It is noted that the newly mobilized conscripts have “minimal training or no training at all.”

“Experienced officers and trainers have been deployed to fight in Ukraine and some have likely been killed in the conflict,” the statement adds.

Russian forces are conducting training in Belarus due to a shortage of training staff, munitions and facilities in Russia, according to British intelligence.

“Deploying forces with little or no training provides little additional offensive combat capability,” the report concludes.