New "Cannon Meat": What forces the Laos possesses to fight on the side of

This is detailed in the material of Defense Express. According to GUR, in the first stage of Moscow under the cover of a humanitarian mission will attract 50 sappers in the Kursk region. However, in this way, Russia can prepare the ground for more active involvement of Lao servicemen, in particular in combat operations against Ukraine. According to The Military Balance Handbook for 2024, Laosa People's Army has about 29,100, of whom more than 25,000 are part of the Land Forces.

Air forces - about 3,500 people - are represented by three dozen aircraft and helicopters, but the real amount of ammunition remains in question. Avolo-26, four BOY-FOOD-130, several LE500 aircraft and Chinese Xian Ma60/MA600 are among the aviation equipment. The helicopter park includes six Mi-17, five Mi-17V-5, four Z-9a, one Ka-32T and three SA360 Dauphin.

The Laos Laosa Laosa has a limited armored vehicle-15 tanks T-54/T-55 and up to 10 T-72B1 "White Eagle", which, according to one version, were put in exchange for the front T-34. Some sources also mention that the Russian Federation could transfer Laos from 30 to 50 T-72B1. In addition, there are about a dozen PT-76, BDM-2M, BMP-1 and more than 50 armored personnel carriers of different types-from outdated BTR-40 and BTR-152 to Chinese Dongfeng Mengshi and ZYZ-8002 (CS/VN3).

Artillery is represented by more than 60 systems, including the howits of M101, D-30, M-30, M114 and 130 mm caliber guns. Laos's air defense includes six complexes C-125 "Peoaday-M", "Strel-10", IDRK "Igl-1" MSrk, AFS-23-4 "Schilka", as well as anti-aircraft installations of ZU-23-2, ZPU-1 and other systems of the Soviet sample.

Thus, the Laosa People's Army does not have modern weapons systems, and it is also unknown in what condition there is even weapons that can be used in the present realities of war. Meanwhile, GUR does not exclude that Moscow can use the economic and political dependence of Laos, offering barter supplies of weapons in exchange for the participation of this country's servicemen in hostilities.

Such a scenario, according to Ukrainian intelligence, is invested in the general practice of attracting foreign forces under the pretext of humanitarian aid, which Russia actively implements in the face of depletion of its own resources. We will remind, the DPRK is about to send to Russia an additional 25 000-30,000 soldiers, according to CNN, North Korean soldiers will now be able to participate in hostilities in Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine along with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.