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More than a quarter of the units dedicated to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have likely since been rendered “combat ineffective”, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said in its latest intelligence update on the conflict.
Some of the country’s most elite units had suffered the highest attrition rates, it continued, adding: “It will probably take years for Russia to reconstitute these forces.”
At the start of the conflict, Russia committed over 120 battalion tactical groups, approximately 65% of its entire ground combat strength.
It is likely that more than a quarter of these units have now been rendered combat ineffective.