Russia does not have enough "cannon fodder" and no resources to throw at the war with Ukraine - expert

• Published date: 05 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 5 (LETA) - Russia does not have enough ''cannon fodder" and no resources to throw at the war with Ukraine, such an assessment was given by Janis Kazocins, the adviser to the President of the Republic on National Security, in an interview with the magazine Ir on the situation in Ukraine.

ccording to the expert, the war is going very badly for Russia. There have been attempts to quickly rearrange the battle groups that suffered losses in northern Ukraine, but the attacks in eastern Ukraine, where these soldiers have been redeployed, have not gained momentum either.

"If you want to withdraw and reorganize your forces, you have to be sure that the equipment is in the best order, not assembled from different parts in the hope that everything will work. This is a recipe for disaster. For soldiers who have been forced to retreat and have a very low level of discipline - they need a breather. We need to look at the command structure as well, which obviously is not working properly," he said, noting that Russia is making mistakes even at the simplest level, such as "tanks go on the attack alone, where enemy infantry can quite easily destroy them by hiding behind rubble, or they send infantry against well-secured positions of defense."

ccording to him, "the Russians simply do not have the resources to throw into the fight." "Many experts believe that this conflict could take years. I can't say I'm sure of this. Where will the Russians get their resources from? For example, when cruise missiles run out. The Russians are not able to produce them themselves, because they need technologies that sanctions do not allow them to import," said the expert.

Kazocins notes that Russian society is old, as a result of which "they simply do not have the cannon fodder to push forward and overrun the enemy with masses". "They will not succeed because they do not have the human resources. () What will they do with mobilized soldiers? They have not been trained through compulsory service, or they have been trained a long time ago. They will be given some equipment from warehouses that do not work or drive five kilometers and break down. They are not...