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Russia has "highly likely" canceled Zapad (West) drills, its large-scale joint strategic exercise, due to the lack of available troops and equipment, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported in its latest intelligence update on Aug. 28.
The exercise should have taken place in September and become "the culmination of the military's training year," according to the report.
"There is a realistic possibility that the Russian leadership is also sensitive to domestic criticism liable from running another slickly presented joint strategic exercise during wartime," the ministry said.
Russia has based the joint strategic exercise in western Russia at least every two years since 2010 as it prioritizes countering what it sees as a threat from NATO.
"The Russian military's under-performance in Ukraine has highlighted how joint strategic exercises have had limited training value and have largely been for show," the ministry said.
The Zapad drills in 2021 became the largest since the early 1990s.
The walls are closing in on Russia from all directions; how long before the stupid, incompetent Russian leadership realizes their war has already been lost and begin their retreat from Ukraine.
The exercise should have taken place in September and become "the culmination of the military's training year," according to the report.
"There is a realistic possibility that the Russian leadership is also sensitive to domestic criticism liable from running another slickly presented joint strategic exercise during wartime," the ministry said.
Russia has based the joint strategic exercise in western Russia at least every two years since 2010 as it prioritizes countering what it sees as a threat from NATO.
"The Russian military's under-performance in Ukraine has highlighted how joint strategic exercises have had limited training value and have largely been for show," the ministry said.
The Zapad drills in 2021 became the largest since the early 1990s.
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The walls are closing in on Russia from all directions; how long before the stupid, incompetent Russian leadership realizes their war has already been lost and begin their retreat from Ukraine.
