The Russian army will begin to teach survival in assaults after record losses in Ukraine

A new system of physical training is being introduced in the army, taking into account the experience of the war in Ukraine. Now the soldiers will be trained for high-intensity combat operations in the field, with weapons and in full equipment, several sources in the military department told Izvestia. According to them, a draft updated manual on physical training (NFP) has already been developed and will be approved by the Ministry of Defense by the end of the year.

So, for example, in the new document the running load has increased - now a typical exercise will be a 5 km run in full equipment. It also includes a new set of strength exercises to develop tactical endurance, sources say. Before the introduction of new standards, the Ministry of Defense interviewed military doctors and participants in the war in Ukraine, what the soldiers lacked on the front line and during assaults, says Associate Professor of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov Colonel Alexander Perendzhiev.

The next revision of the approach will take place against the backdrop of major losses in the war against Ukraine. According to American intelligence data, since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has lost 315 thousand military personnel killed and wounded, or 87% of the personnel that the Russian Ministry of Defense had.