Russia’s 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade was considered elite — until it sent its best fighters and weapons to Ukraine this year and was effectively destroyed. This look at the 200th is revealing of the Russian military’s many issues in this war: washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…
By May, the unit was staggering back across the Russian border desperate to regroup, according to internal brigade documents reviewed by WaPo and to previously undisclosed details provided by Ukrainian and Western military and intelligence officials washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…
“The unit is in a state of decay,” said a soldier now serving in the 200th. “They are not even training us. … They just tell you, ‘You are a shooter now. Here you go, here is a machine gun.’” washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…
Given the magnitude of the 200th’s losses, one European military official said, it “cannot be considered a fighting force.” washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…
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