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Attempts by the russia's military command to launch a broad campaign to recruit under contract in Transnistria have not yielded any practical results. The local population refuses to join the russian army, even with the promise of high cash payments, social packages, and likely housing. The main reason is the reluctance to participate in hostilities in the territory of Ukraine. Especially since many "volunteers" who decided to sign the contract at the beginning of the war either died or are missing.

Also, against the background of the events in Ukraine, it is noted the increasing number of desertion cases in the "operational group of russian troops in Transnistria". Due to the limited number of military contingents, the russians cannot attract the necessary resources to search and return the missing. In addition, there is a mass dismissal from the service after the expiration of the contract.

Currently, the "operational group" has intensified the training of personnel. Taking into account the experience of hostilities in Ukraine, significant adjustments were made to the training programme. In particular, the number of trainings with logistics units and military medical aid has been increased.

At the same time, the outdated logistics material and technical base does not allow to qualitatively improve the level of readiness of logistics units. The situation is similar with the training of military medics - a number of training has been increased, but outdated approaches regarding the providing first aid on the battlefield are employed, subsequent evacuation and provision of medical equipment. The servicemen are provided with equipment, medicines, individual dressing packs and rubber tourniquets exclusively of soviet design.