“The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is pursuing three simultaneous and overlapping force generation efforts as it seeks to manage short- to medium-term requirements in Ukraine while also pursuing long-term restructuring to prepare for a potential future large-scale conventional war against NATO,” the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said, Ednews informs.
According to the ISW, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov have explicitly framed Russia’s announced long-term force restructuring as increasing conventional capabilities against NATO.
“The Russian MoD is also creating new formations intended as reinforcements for Russia’s war in Ukraine, separate from the peacetime Russian force structure,” the ISW said.
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