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1/ Russia is creating new reconnaissance and assault brigades to defeat Ukrainian fortifications in offensive operations. The new units will be equipped with armoured vehicles and trained in close-quarters fighting and the use of drones for reconnaissance. ⬇️

2/ The pro-government newspaper Izvestia reports that the new units are "designed to storm fortifications and conduct reconnaissance in the immediate rear of the enemy." They will be incorporated into combined arms armies and a newly formed army corps.

3/ The units' recruitment has already begun, according to a source in the Russian Ministry of Defence. The move is said to have been informed by the experience of the Northern Military District, which has struggled to overcome dense Ukrainian defences in the Donbas.

4/ According to Izvestia, the new forces "will include assault troops designed to break through the enemy’s layered defences, as well as reconnaissance units capable of conducting reconnaissance at tactical depth."

5/ "The brigades will receive their own tanks, light armoured vehicles, artillery, as well as a wide range of drones."

6/ "The personnel of the assault detachments will be trained to fight in confined spaces – trenches, buildings, concrete and wooden bunkers – and in their skills they will not be inferior to special forces soldiers."

7/ Colonel Valery Yuryev, chairman of the Russian Paratroopers' Union, says that the war "has shown the need to have specialised units to storm fortifications."

8/ "There were a lot of problems in the initial phase due to the fact that scouts were not used for their intended purpose, but as assault troops. Because of this, many high-class specialists were lost."

9/ Previously, Russia relied on mobilised convicts to man 'Storm Z' stormtrooper units. They have become notorious for taking huge casualties due to brutal commanders sending them into seemingly futile assaults.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1678367921989353472

10/ However, it seems that Russia is running out of expendable convict soldiers. Izvestia comments that "now they will officially make stormtroopers not only from ex-convicts, but also from mobilised, contract and volunteer soldiers." /end

Source:
iz.ru/1578825/roman-…