NATO: Russian army increased numerically but declined qualitatively since the invasion of Ukraine began

The war overtook her for 1,000 days of hostilities and the Russian army has mutated, as she said its highest executive, commenting on the capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022, NATO has been closely monitoring developments in the field of operations, observing new tactics and weapons systems used to keep the Russian military up to date. In this context, a senior NATO military officer said today (25.11.2024) that Russia’s ground forces are larger today than in the first months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but their quality has been downgraded since then, as an “The quality of these forces has now been reduced”. At the moment the Russians do not pose the same threat as in February 2022, so we have little time to prepare, ” said NATO Military Commission chairman, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, referring to the state of the equipment of forces and the level of training of soldiers. He added that this means that investment in the defence industry should be increased. For his part, the Russian defence ministry said today that its forces have shot down eight ballistic missiles launched by Ukrainian forces in the last 24 hours, according to Russian state media. “Russian anti-aircraft defence forces and overturned eight ballistic missiles as well as six directed, American-built, JDAM bombs and 45 drones in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said according to the state news agency TASS.