Russia trained 300,000 reserve soldiers for war in Ukraine, Russian de

Details: Written by: Boldizsar Gyori; 02.Dec; Hits: 27

Russia has trained 300,000 contract soldiers as reserves for the currently fighting regiments, a Russian official said in an article for the propaganda outlet Krasnaya Zvezda on Dec. 2."Seven companies of instructors and eight training companies for specialists.

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.. have trained over 300,000 service members," said Ivan Buvaltsev, the head of the training department of Russia's Armed Forces.The claim comes as Russia's advance in Ukraine's east is picking up pace despite allegedly suffering record losses.Buvaltsev did not specify when the 300,000 reservists were supposedly trained, but the article's context suggests he refers to the year 2024.Former Defense Minister Seiger Shoigu set up nine reserve battalions to train and prepare contract soldiers to offset Russia’s casualties in Ukraine at the end of 2023. According to Shoigu, 335,000 people signed up voluntarily to fight in 2023. In 2024, this number was 200,000, according to former President Dmitry Medvedev.Russia reportedly suffered record losses in military equipment and personnel in the war against Ukraine in November.

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