Нехватка офицеров
«Самое важное не то, сколько солдат могут принять учебки. Самое важное — кто командует этим всем», — обращает внимание Лузин в комментарии DOXA. В России существует нехватка младших командиров (сержантов, прапорщиков, лейтенантов) — тех, кто должен руководить подразделениями.
Недостаток офицеров провластные российские СМИ и само Министерство обороны признавали even before the war. Now there is an “acute shortage of junior and mid-level officers”[–>отмечают including war-war publications. The situation is aggravated by losses: BBC Russian Service and Mediazona[–>выяснили names of 3,371 dead officers, of which almost 3 thousand are junior officers.
In September 2023, Russia announced the opening[–>восьми training centers for training, including command personnel, in November – more[–>девяти. They will start working in 2024. However, even the “accelerated” lieutenant training course[–>занимает six months.
Lack of equipment
Those called up for mobilization do not always find themselves in a trench with a machine gun. For example, the mobilized replenish расчетыA unit that is assigned to a specific weapon and is responsible for its use and maintenance. artillery pieces or crews of tanks and armored vehicles.
Ukrainian and Russian analysts with whom DOXA spoke note that factories producing military equipment barely have time to cover losses. This can be judged, for example, by the fact that, together with modern technology, the Kremlin[–>отправляет to war устаревшиеFor example, T-62, T-55/54 and BTR-50. cars. IN[–>докладе RUSI from February 2024 also notes that the Russian army is experiencing a shortage of ammunition.
Russia continues to increase military production. However, there may not be enough military equipment for the growing army.
