Ukraine<\/a>, where a Western-armed Ukrainian counteroffensive has set back Russia\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn other developments, Ukrainian authorities asked citizens not to return home and further tax the country\u2019s battered energy infrastructure, and Western countries mulled how to rebuild Ukraine when the war ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian military\u2019s shortfalls in the eight-month war have been so pronounced that Putin had to create a structure to try to address them. On Tuesday, he chaired a new committee designed to accelerate the production and delivery of weapons and supplies for Russian troops, stressing the need to \u201cgain higher tempo in all areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russian news reports have acknowledged that many of those called up under a mobilization of 300,000 reservists Putin ordered haven\u2019t been provided with basic equipment such as medical kits and flak jackets, and had to find their own. Other reports have suggested that Russian troops are increasingly forced to use old and sometimes unreliable equipment and that some of the newly mobilized troops are rushed to the war front with little training. Last week, Putin tried to show all is well by visiting a training site in Russia where he was shown well equipped soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To substitute for increasingly scarce Russian-made long-range precision weapons, Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defense said Russia was likely to use a large number of drones to try to penetrate Ukrainian air defenses. Russia\u2019s \u201cartillery ammunition is running low,\u201d the British report said Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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