We are talking about the 155th Marine Brigade, which was assigned to carry out some of the most difficult operations at the front. After colossal losses, the elite unit was understaffed by inexperienced mobilized.
British intelligence suggests that the elite Russian units, due to significant losses in Ukraine and resupply, have become less professional than at the beginning of the war. About it says in the review of the department on the war in Ukraine for February 26.
The publication says that near Vuhledar, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 2 columns of armored Russian vehicles, probably belonging to the 155th brigade of the RF Armed Forces. According to intelligence data, Russian marines were generally not involved in the war against Ukraine as the only large group. They were scattered in small units among different groups of forces. The most difficult tasks that they were assigned in Ukraine ended in insane losses.
“The likely improved combat capability of the Marine Corps brigades is now probably significantly degraded because they were replenished with inexperienced conscripts. This lack of experience is almost guaranteed to increase Russian officers’ propensity for micromanagement, which in turn reduces operational flexibility,” the report says. .
British intelligence added that it is possible that units of the marines of the RF Armed Forces will soon again be thrown into the offensive in the Ugledar direction.
On February 22, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 14 tanks, 17 infantry fighting vehicles and 3 multi-purpose armored personnel carriers of the RF Armed Forces in the area of Ugledar and Maryinka, Donetsk region. According to the General Staff, the invaders are trying to capture Maryinka and Vuhledar at the cost of hundreds of killed soldiers and dozens of losses in military equipment.
The Russian Armed Forces in the area of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region senselessly lost several armored vehicles that were driving in a column and exploded in a minefield. The corresponding video was posted online.
