The UK MoD has drawn attention to the testimony of Russian military personnel who point to poor living conditions on the battlefield in Ukraine. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 5 November, as reported by European Pravda Details: The report mentions a conference entitled Ogarkov Readings, named after Nikolai Ogarkov, Chief of the Soviet General Staff.
In a small village in Russia's Far East, a significant portion of military-age men were mobilized for President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. RFE/RL reports firsthand on the impact of the war in this remote and impoverished settlement.
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WASHINGTON Whatever happened to the Russian Army? For that matter, whatever happened to the Russian Air Force or the Russian Navy whose flagship is now at the bottom of the Black Sea? The answer is nothing. Nothing has happened to the Russian military for 50 years, and President Vladimir Putin should have thought twice before heaving his armed forces into war.