russia will need five years to rebuild its army after the losses it suffered during a full-scale invasion. This was stated by the commander of the British Armed Forces, Admiral Anthony Radakin, speaking at a conference on land warfare in London, UNN reports with reference to The Telegraph.
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Radakin noted that the war in Ukraine has forced NATO countries to refocus on planning for a possible confrontation with Russia.
He criticized the state of readiness of Britain's military forces, but he was optimistic about the relative strength of NATO compared to putin's forces.
russia lost 555,000 men, and we estimate that it will take putin five years to restore the russian army to the level it was at in February 2022, and another five years after that to fix the weaknesses that the war revealed
He said that the British army should be properly equipped with hypersonic missiles and "battalions of attack drones" to play its full role in the defense of Europe if russia invades one of the alliance's member states.
He added that NATO is getting stronger, while russia is getting weaker, noting that NATO has 3.2 million troops compared to russia's 1.2 million.
Recall
According to British intelligence, from February 2022 to January 2023, russia probably lost about 2,600 main battle tanks and 4,900 other armored vehicles in Ukraine . In 2023, russia lost about 40% fewer armored vehicles than in 2022, likely due to more defensive positioning and the increasingly positional nature of the war.