The fighting power of the Russian army fell below 90% compared with those indicators that were recorded from the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, reports the British edition of The Guardian with reference to a high-ranking official of the US Defense
According to him, the Russian army carries significant losses among the personnel, and also lost a significant amount of equipment and weapons, but Russia still has resources.
Employee of the US Department of Defense under the conditions of anonymity told reporters: “We evaluate the combat power of Russia just below 90%. They spend a lot, but they also accumulated a lot of strength since the beginning of the fall.”
“Russian troops are approximately 30 kilometers east of Kyiv, where they were last week. We still appreciate that Russia’s troops have problems with the moral spirit at different levels and in different places … they did not expect Such a level of resistance, “he said.
Also, a high-ranking official commented on the data on Russia’s invitation to war. “Some of them did not say that they are really going to do inside Ukraine. We know that they relied on the recruits, and they still hope. I mean, it was still a largely called army. And therefore it is very young People who do not have a lot of experience working with soldiers and, as we see, all these factors unite, which affects their moral spirit, “he explained.
He also noted that Russian troops still suffer from logistic problems: “We believe that they have problems with command and management not only from the point of view of communications. I mean that they were simply not fully prepared for Operations of such intensity for so long time for so many different attacks. “