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40 Percent of Equipment, with which New russian Units Are Equipped, Is Not Combat-Capable
Experiencing military defeats and suffering catastrophic losses of personnel and equipment, russia is trying to establish new military units and formations. russia will be able to form a new army corps only by the end of November. This was stated by Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, on the air of Military Television of Ukraine.
"The issue of establishment of the third army corps will drag on until November. The problem is human resource; manning by specialists. It takes three-four months in order to train a normal specialist.
Completing with weapons and military equipment is also the problem. All the latest equipment was operated by those battalion-tactical groups that entered our territory in February-March. Now, we see that all units, which being formed, are still equipped with soviet-style weapons that are removing from storage bases and arsenals and given to the troops. According to our assessments, 40 percent of military equipment is not combat-ready. It needs to be repaired and put in order," summed up the representative of Ukraine's military intelligence.