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Russian reservists will probably have to buy body armor themselves
Russia is sending more and more poorly equipped reservists into the war against Ukraine. photo
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The Russian army in Ukraine is reportedly already poorly equipped. With the now mobilized reservists, it looks probably even worse.
According to British reports, reservists mobilized by Russia are being sent to the war against Ukraine with inadequate equipment. Contingents of Russian reservists have been deployed to Ukraine in the past two weeks, the British Ministry of Defense wrote in its regular intelligence update on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. “The average level of their personal gear is almost certainly lower than the already poor supply of previously deployed troops.”
Many reservists would probably have to buy their own body armor themselves, especially a modern type 6B45 body armor, which was actually supposed to be issued to combat troops in general as part of the Russian Ratnik equipment program. Their price has more than tripled in Russian online retail since April.