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☆ Russia's talking about a 6th-generation fighter jet while its Su-57 sits out the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Not coincidentally, the discussion comes as the US Air Force hints that it may drop its plan for a sixth-generation fighter, a piloted air superiority fighter that will operate with drones. But experts consider the idea of a next-generation Russian fighter to be sheer fantasy at a time when it's struggling to operate its fifth-generation stealth fighters. AdvertisementDiscussing cutting-edge aircraft seems almost surreal for Russia, whose air force has enough problems using its current warplanes in Ukraine. Russia's fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57, has been conspicuous by its absence in Ukraine. In November 2023, a senior Russian aviation official said that no decision had been made as to whether a sixth-generation fighter would be manned or unmanned.

Persons: it's, Pavel Luzin, Evgeny Fedosov, Russia's, —, Russia wasn't, Sergei Korotkov, Fedosov, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Air Force, State Research Institute of Aviation Systems, TASS, America, Army, United Aircraft Corporation, Moscow Institute, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Ukrainian, China, Forbes

☆ Russia and Ukraine are building up huge armies, but they both have the same problem with using them in battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Russian and Ukrainian militaries both lack junior officers who can lead large forces in battle. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe difference between an army and a well-armed mob often comes down to the presence of good junior officers. "The heavy attrition of experienced junior officers and trained field-grade staff has limited the scale at which offensive action can be synchronized." This same pattern can be seen today in Ukraine, where Russian operations have been characterized by rigid tactics and slow reaction times on the ground and in the air. AdvertisementAdvertisementCostumed folk singers pose with a Russian military officer during a celebration in Moscow in September.

Persons: —, Jack Watling, Viktor Fridshon, Watling, there's, Ed Ram, Arkady Budnitsky, Pavel Luzin, Luzin, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Bradley, Washington, Anadolu Agency, Russian, Jamestown Foundation, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Stalingrad, Rostov, US, Russian, Moscow, Kyiv, Forbes

☆ A Cuban man promised a job as a driver in Russia was instead trained to fight Ukraine: 'We signed a contract with the devil'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Cuban man was lured into Russia's military after being promised a job as a driver, per Politico. Pedro told the outlet that he and other Cubans had signed a contract with the "devil". He also told Politico that he had considered fleeing but wouldn't know where to go if he did. A legal advisor in Russia's Cuban community told Politico that he had received a number of pleas for help from Cubans. But Pavel Luzin, a senior scholar at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, told Politico that Russia "needs the cannon fodder" after its army suffered significant casualties in Ukraine.

Persons: Pedro, Pedro wasn't, Pavel Luzin Organizations: Politico, Service, Human Rights, Miami, Centre for Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russia, Politico Europe, The Miami, Cuba, Ukraine

☆ Reaction to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in plane crash with no survivors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Yulia Morozova/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 23 (Reuters) - Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said. The following is reaction:*U.S. President Joe Biden to reporters in Lake Tahoe:“I don't know for a fact what happened. Reports Russian Air Defence shot down the plane suggests Putin is sending a very loud message." It so happens that political opponents whom Vladimir Putin considers a threat to his power do not die naturally." In the end, if Vladimir Putin is so powerful, why didn’t he arrest Prigozhin?”Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Maxim Fomin, Vladlen Tatarsky, Yulia Morozova, Joe Biden, I'm, Putin, Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir, Alicia Kearns, Zbigniew Rau, Vladimir Putin, Daniel Hoffman, Prigozhin, ”, That’s, Pavel Luzin, thinktank, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, CNN, Foreign Affairs, Govt, Russian Air Defence, CIA, Center for, Thomson Locations: St Petersburg, Moscow, Russia, Lake Tahoe, Estonia, U.S

☆ The Russian army has given newly drafted soldiers 'absolutely no equipment,' forcing families to buy armor and clothing so conscripts have a 'chance to come back'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a partial military mobilization in September. "Soon they'll make us buy our own grenades," a draftee said in a recorded call, per The Guardian. The army has nothing, we had to buy all our gear ourselves," complained a 23-year-old draftee named Vladimir, according to The Guardian. According to the Guardian, citing BBC News Russian, there have been more than 12,000 opened cases involving stolen military gear or equipment within the last eight years. Pavel Luzin, an independent Russian military expert, told The Guardian that "Russia was just not prepared for mobilization of this scale.

☆ Russian teachers have reportedly been asked to give up a part of their salaries and donate it to Russian soldiers invading Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian teachers have been asked to give part of their salaries to soldiers invading Ukraine. A teacher at one of the schools told Important Stories they were given flyers to apply to donate. The teacher told Important Stories that only 50% of the staff at their school applied to donate to the soldiers. Russian soldiers, meanwhile, have been fleeing villages disguised as locals amid Ukraine's surprise counteroffensive in its Kharkiv region, The Washington Post and Financial Times reported Sunday. "Now the practice will expand," he told Important Stories, "because there isn't much money in the budget."

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