They are likely to be carrying weapons that are in a condition that is “hardly usable”, British intelligence analysts estimate.
Several of the “several thousands” of newly enlisted soldiers in Russia and have been deployed on the front lines in Ukraine in recent weeks are “poorly equipped” and likely to carry weapons that are in a condition that “hardly usable”analysts of the British intelligence service estimate.
The Kremlin ordered a partial call-up of some 300,000 reservists in September, but according to a Defense Ministry briefing, they are likely to use weapons of the Nikita Khrushchev era, from the 50s, while Moscow uses “overburdened logistics systems”.
According to the same source, these reservists have been equipped with rifles released in the middle of the last century.
The intelligence agency’s update, posted on Twitter, said: “In September, Russian officials expressed concern that some recently recruited reservists had arrived in Ukraine without weapons”.
“Publicly available images suggest that these rifles, with which the conscripted reservists have been equipped, are typically of the Kalashnikov type, a weapon first released in 1959. Many are likely in an unusable condition after being stored wrongly”.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 31 October 2022
Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/2ZQnn5d7fS
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