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The training of Russian paratroopers in Ussuriysk, 2017 (photo: MIL.RU) A specia...

The defeat of the Air Force of the Russian Federation. Why Russian paratroopers suffer huge casualties in Ukraine - an expert

The training of Russian paratroopers in Ussuriysk, 2017 (photo: MIL. RU) A specialist in the field of international security problems Yuri Fedorov in an interview with NV told why Russian paratroopers suffered enormous losses in Ukraine. He confirmed that Russia is using paratroopers not for its intended purpose. “Airborne troops are designed to solve one task: capturing key military facilities and bridgeheads in the rear of the enemy, especially near political centers.

Such an attempt was made in the initial period of the war in Ukraine - the capture of the Gostomel aerodrome. It was assumed that the landing and assault units that landed in Gostomel would capture the airfield, there would be such an aircraft, where large parts of the paratroopers would land that would go to Kyiv. This operation failed, ”Fedorov reminded. The expert said that after that paratroopers, as well as Marines, Russia began to use. "As an infantry, though better prepared physically.

" “But, again, the nature of the fighting, which used both marine and air paratroopers, was different from those to which they were prepared. And, accordingly, they suffered very serious losses, because they were thrown into the most dangerous or most important areas where the strongest defense of the Armed Forces was, ”Fedorov explained.

Commenting on the information that a Russian special unit was recently defeated near Kharkov, which in the Far East guarded ports from underwater sabotage, he said that "it is possible to score nails. " On June 18, the American Center for the Study of the War reported that the commander of the Redea General and Colonel Andriy Serdyukov was removed from office due to large-scale losses in the ranks of Russian paratroopers who fought near Kiev.