Russian Military Already Faces Infantry Shortage, But Situation Is Better Than Ukraine's - Biletsky

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky, commander of the Third Army Corps, made this statement during a television appearance, according to Ukrinform.

“They [the Russians] are definitely better off with their infantry than we are; that's a fact. At the same time, we can certainly say that over the past year, a shortage of infantry has, in fact, emerged among the Russians as well,” Biletsky said.

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In his view, simply increasing troop numbers will not solve the Russian army's problems, since modern warfare depends to a large extent on the intelligence-fire loop. This primarily refers to reconnaissance and strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles and sensors.

“In other words, the more infantry the Russians have, the more 'two-hundreds' there will be. But mobilization will certainly bring some complications,” noted the commander of the Third Corps.

At the same time, he noted that“mobilization does not involve contract soldiers; accordingly, the '200s' among the mobilized troops will lead to significant social tension in Russia.”

As reported by Ukrinform, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously stated that Russia expects to mobilize an additional 300,000 people after the elections.

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