Moscow's airborne troops sustained heavy losses in the early stages of the war, and were replaced by poorly trained personnel, Western analysts have said.
The recruits of the mercenary outfit had been leading Russia's efforts to capture the city, which Ukraine"repelled" on Monday, according to Kyiv's General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Russian soldiers walk along a street in Mariupol on April 12, 2022. Russian elite forces, including its airborne troops, suffered heavy losses at the start of the war, but the VDV is taking on an increasingly front-and-center role in Ukraine, the ISW said on Sunday.The Russian commander of the VDV, General Colonel Mikhail Teplinsky,after he was believed to have been removed from Russia's operations in the war-torn country in January, the British defense ministry said on Sunday.
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