The eastern neighbors helped: the army of the Russian Federation is "almost completely restored" - the State Department

The White House believes that Beijing has helped Moscow survive the economic and military failures of the last two years. And US President Joe Biden expressed concern in connection with the support of China of the Russian MIC. On April 3, the US State Department official Kurt Kurt Campbell said that Russia had almost completely restored its armed forces after enormous losses during invasion of Ukraine.

This statement was excited because it contradicts the Pentagon's opinion and US allies in Europe, Defense News reports. The observers noted that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at one time announced the losses in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation after a full -scale invasion of Ukraine - about 315,000 people. Nevertheless, Russian troops in some sections of the front went on the offensive after the Allies of Ukraine reduced military assistance.

However, even these local successes have not been cheap to the invaders, they believe in the Pentagon. At the beginning of 2024, the Lithuanian National Security Committee assessed the state of the Russian army. According to officials, Russia will take from five to seven years to restore their strength for a full -scale war. However, in two years, Moscow has dramatically increased the military costs: from 2022 - to 6% of national GDP in the budget for 2024.

Kurt Campbell believes that partial success in the restoration of the Russian army is due to the support of China, as well as North Korea and Iran. Another high -ranking White House official added that Beijing has helped her partner survive the economic and military failures of the last two years. "We really saw China to help restore the Russian defense industrial base, in fact, filling in trade with European partners, which was stopped after Russia's invasion," the official said.

This question was touched by US President Joe Biden in conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which took place on April 2. The White House Head on the social network X wrote that Washington was concerned about Beijing's steps aimed at supporting the Russian MIC. "Today, I have a frank conversation with the head of the People's Republic of China Jinping on a number of issues, including branches of cooperation and areas of differences . . .

I expressed anxiety in connection with the support of the PRC Russian defense and industrial base, its unfair trade policy," Biden wrote. The observers noted that, despite the strong pressure of the Russians, the Ukrainian military still hope for giant assistance from the US and partners. Without this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue to normalize ammunition and save on air defense products throughout the country.