The UK’s Ministry of Defence has released its daily intelligence update on the war in Ukraine.
The MoD says Russia’s military is now “significantly weaker” as a result of the invading Ukraine.
It says the recovery of Russia’s military will be made more difficult by sanctions imposed on Moscow, and in the long term this will impede the country’s ability to deploy a conventional military force.
It notes that Russia’s defence budget roughly doubled between 2005 and 2018, with investment in several high-end air, land and sea capabilities.
But the modernisation of Russia’s physical equipment has not enabled it to dominate the war in Ukraine, due to failures in strategic planning.
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