{"id":3193,"date":"2023-01-17T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:27","slug":"russia-wants-to-bring-major-changes-to-its-military-by-2023-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/russia-wants-to-bring-major-changes-to-its-military-by-2023-2026\/2023\/01\/17\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia wants to bring ‘major changes’ to its military by 2023-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moscow(Reuters)Jan,17<\/span> –<\/span> Russia<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> announced<\/span> \u201csubstantial<\/span> changes\u201d<\/span> to<\/span> its<\/span> military<\/span> from<\/span> 2023<\/span> to<\/span> 2026,<\/span> vowing<\/span> to<\/span> overhaul<\/span> its<\/span> military<\/span> structure<\/span> after<\/span> months<\/span> of<\/span> setbacks<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> battlefield.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> administrative<\/span> reforms,<\/span> the<\/span> Pentagon<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> strengthen<\/span> the<\/span> combat<\/span> capabilities<\/span> of<\/span> its<\/span> Navy,<\/span> aerospace<\/span> and<\/span> strategic<\/span> missile<\/span> forces.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Sergey<\/span> Shoigu<\/span> said,<\/span> “Only<\/span> by<\/span> strengthening<\/span> the<\/span> main<\/span> components<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> armed<\/span> forces<\/span> can<\/span> we<\/span> ensure<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> security<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> state<\/span> and<\/span> protect<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> units<\/span> and<\/span> vital<\/span> facilities<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Federation.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Kremlin<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Peskov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> change<\/span> was<\/span> necessary<\/span> because<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> “proxy<\/span> war”<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> is<\/span> waging<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> faced<\/span> domestic<\/span> criticism<\/span> for<\/span> its<\/span> ineffective<\/span> attempts<\/span> to<\/span> control<\/span> much<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> pledged<\/span> to<\/span> increase<\/span> its<\/span> military<\/span> personnel<\/span> to<\/span> 1.5<\/span> million<\/span> in<\/span> December.<\/span> Eleven<\/span> months<\/span> of<\/span> so-called<\/span> “military<\/span> special<\/span> operations”<\/span> made<\/span> many<\/span> changes<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> leadership.<\/span> During<\/span> that<\/span> time,<\/span> his<\/span> forces<\/span> initially<\/span> occupied<\/span> large<\/span> swaths<\/span> of<\/span> southern<\/span> and<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> but<\/span> have<\/span> since<\/span> suffered<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> painful<\/span> defeats<\/span> and<\/span> retreats.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Last<\/span> week,<\/span> Shoigu<\/span> appointed<\/span> the<\/span> Chief<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Army<\/span> General<\/span> Staff,<\/span> General<\/span> Valery<\/span> Gerasimov,<\/span> to<\/span> lead<\/span> the<\/span> campaign<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Defense<\/span> announced<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> captured<\/span> Soledar,<\/span> a<\/span> small<\/span> salt-mining<\/span> town<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> Donetsk<\/span> region.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moscow(Reuters)Jan,17 – Russia on Tuesday announced \u201csubstantial changes\u201d to its military from 2023 to 2026, vowing to overhaul its military structure after months of setbacks on the Ukrainian battlefield. In addition to administrative reforms, the Pentagon has announced it will strengthen the combat capabilities of its Navy, aerospace and strategic missile forces. Defense Minister Sergey […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,2480,2482],"tags":[76,132,154,170,174,811],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/R1.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3196,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/3196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}