00:00It's 3rd 5 minutes past the hour. On the 30th, this is Gorimna Census.
00:03Russia reportedly plans to significantly expand its medical capacity to accommodate military casualties by the fall of 2026,
00:08primarily in its western region near the Baltic states.
00:10The key point is that this won't just involve building new military hospitals.
00:13Russia is moving to secure up to 20,000 additional beds by utilizing civilian hospital beds for military medical purposes
00:17as well.
00:18This means they intend to significantly increase the medical facilities available to the Russian military.
00:22The additional beds planned by Russia are reported to range from about 16,000 to up to 20,000.
00:27This scale is 2.5 to 3.2 times larger than the number of beds added to Russian military medical
00:32facilities between 2021 and 2026.
00:35With military hospitals already struggling to accommodate the wounded,
00:38they are now planning to utilize civilian medical facilities for military purposes.
00:42In fact, in Russia, it is reported that an increasing number of civilian hospitals
00:45are designating specific wards or departments to treat soldiers wounded on the front line.
00:49Russia has also expanded its own military medical facilities this year.
00:52They had planned to build four new military hospitals in the European region and two in the eastern region by
00:572026,
00:57but it is reported that all six facilities have now been completed with five of them already in operation.
01:02Yet, on top of that, they are trying to secure even civilian hospital beds for military medical use.
01:07This could mean they deem expanding military hospitals alone to be insufficient.
01:10What particularly draws attention are the regions where they are trying to secure these beds.
01:14The targeted regions include Karelia, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Novgorod Oblast.
01:19These regions are located in northwestern Russia, adjacent to the Baltic Sea.
01:23Moscow Oblast and Smolenska Oblast are also reported to be included,
01:27so this measure is distinct from blindly expanding medical facilities across all of Russia.
01:31Explanations from Russia suggest this is because they selected regions with sufficient medical infrastructure.
01:35St. Petersburg is one of the key areas for Russian military medicine and has highly developed
01:39civilian medical facilities, making it well-suited to accommodate wounded soldiers.
01:44However, some Russian sources argue that this alone does not fully explain it.
01:47In particular, with civilian hospitals being converted exclusively for military use,
01:52even in areas far from Ukraine, suspicions continue to arise that this might be aimed at the Baltic states.
01:57It seems further confirmation is needed regarding the true purpose behind the move
02:00to convert even civilian hospitals in the western region for military medical use.
02:04However, one thing must be clearly distinguished here.
02:06We cannot conclude from this measure alone that Russia is preparing a new military operation targeting the Baltic states.
02:11What the currently available information shows is that Russia is significantly expanding its medical capacity
02:16in the western region in preparation for large-scale military medical needs.
02:19And it's worth noting that the scale is far larger than the expansion of existing military medical facilities.
02:24Right now, Russia is preparing for something. Russia is-
02:27Remember, Russia is preparing for some of this measure of everything.
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