Russia is attempting a summer offensive in Eastern Ukraine but is facing significant challenges due to its military's longstanding issues. While they may gain some territory, analysts believe the offensive will not result in a major breakthrough. Problems include insufficient training, intelligence failures, and high levels of corruption within the ranks. Reports suggest a troubling military culture that leads to low morale, desertions, and a reliance on poor tactics, making the situation dire for Russian forces.
These [mass assault] tactics are the only thing the Russian military is capable of at the moment. And it's very inhumane because in fact dead people are being traded for territory. What we have in the Russian army now is a lot of soldiers, but they have no training.
Commanders are often described as corrupt - demanding bribes to spare soldiers from deadly assaults and implementing punishment regimes, including caging soldiers or 'zeroing' them out, meaning having them killed or sending them on suicidal assaults.
The military is incapable of conducting complex operations in Ukraine... because of weaknesses in intelligence, shortages, corruption, logistical failures and poor training.
The result, these bloggers say, is low morale, desertions and widespread drunkenness and drug abuse among Russian troops.
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