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The war in Ukraine isn’t over yet but Russia is already working on needed reforms so, they hope, that the next time Russian troops are in combat they perform better and perhaps even win There have been several rounds of unsuccessful military refor

The war in Ukraine isn’t over yet but Russia is already working on needed reforms so, they hope, that the next time Russian troops are in combat they perform better and perhaps even win There have been several rounds of unsuccessful military refor

Russia recently announced a major expansion and reorganization of its army The new force will have 15 million men, including 695000 long-term volunteers (contract soldiers) and a larger number of conscripts More than doubling the number of conscripts

Russia recently announced a major expansion and reorganization of its army The new force will have 15 million men, including 695000 long-term volunteers (contract soldiers) and a larger number of conscripts More than doubling the number of conscripts

For the first time in a decade, Vladimir Putin is not holding his annual news conference where he reports on Russian accomplishments over the past year This year Putin does not believe he can turn the disastrous war in Ukraine and the debilitating forei

For the first time in a decade, Vladimir Putin is not holding his annual news conference where he reports on Russian accomplishments over the past year This year Putin does not believe he can turn the disastrous war in Ukraine and the debilitating forei

One of the surprising developments early in the Russian February invasion of Ukraine was the failure of the BTG (Battalion Task Group) system that Russia expanded since the 1980s because it had consistently proved successful in many small wars, includin

One of the surprising developments early in the Russian February invasion of Ukraine was the failure of the BTG (Battalion Task Group) system that Russia expanded since the 1980s because it had consistently proved successful in many small wars, includin

President-for-Life Vladimir Putin is trying to enforce a law he had had enacted a month ago that allows the government to impose wartime conditions on military suppliers who are not fulfilling their contracts Sanctions on Russia from its invasions of U

Russia continues to consider the war in Ukraine an “internal matter” and thus not eligible for a general mobilization This does not include what Western nations call “mobilizing the reserves” (of trained soldiers) That’s b