00:00Russia could send some of the newly mobilized soldiers directly to the front lines.
00:05war, without training or adequate logistical support. This was stated by Vladislav Zelesnev.
00:12military expert and former press secretary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
00:18in statements to Radio NV. I think we're all experiencing a certain feeling of
00:24déjà vu at this moment, because exactly the same processes took place four years ago,
00:30when the so-called Single Voting Day was held in 2022. Then, in a matter of weeks,
00:38Putin signed a decree for partial mobilization, during which they were recruited into the army
00:44Approximately 450,000 Russians, he stated. According to the expert, that mobilization strengthened
00:51The Russian troop group was significantly larger. I recall that there were more than 1,100,000 male citizens.
00:58From the Russian Federation, aged between 18 and 60, literally voted with their feet against the
01:04said mobilization, fleeing the Russian Federation by any means possible or crossing any
01:10border. However, this mobilization considerably reinforced the concentration of Russian troops.
01:17and fundamentally changed the overall situation on the battlefield. Will it happen again?
01:23Will it be the same this time? We'll see in practice, because right now exactly the same thing is happening.
01:30Selesnev explained. At the same time, he emphasized that the key factor influencing mobilization,
01:37Besides recruitment potential, there's money. The enemy is likely to exploit some of this.
01:44human potential by immediately sending people into the hell of war, without preparation,
01:50Without adequate training or logistical support, they were literally treated as cannon fodder. Finally
01:56Cape, we saw exactly the same thing in September-October 2022. Some of the staff could be sent to
02:04training, education, instruction centers, shooting ranges and training bases, but it is
02:11It is unlikely that the vast majority of those same men could be recruited into the army.
02:16The Russian will receive such training, he concluded. Ukrainian intelligence reportedly estimates
02:23Russia can mobilize 600,000 soldiers, but does not have the necessary resources to
02:29train such a large number of occupants simultaneously. The agency explained that Russia does have
02:37of the resources for a recruitment of such magnitude, but that training at the same time to
02:42The 600,000 troops figure is unrealistic, due to the shortage of instructors and training camps.
02:49and material and technical resources. At the same time, Ukrainian intelligence noted that the Kremlin is
02:57capable of training up to 100,000 new fighters per month for the war against Ukraine, despite the
03:03slowdown in the recruitment of contract soldiers.
