Pro-Russian analysts did not rule out the possibility mentioned in the Pentagon document of Egypt armament of Russia, but lack of military exercises between the two nations suggests Cairo is playing it cautious.
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As it wages a full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia wants to reform its army while being chronically short of security personnel, and increasingly dependent on mercenaries