Russian forces are likely to be less effective on the battlefield in the future due to the lack of minor military leaders after devastating losses among lower-ranking army officers, according to British intelligence.
The Ministry of Defense said the brigade and battalion commanders were deploying in danger because “they were subject to an uncompromising level of responsibility for the performance of their units.”
Minor officers have also been forced to lead low-level tactical assaults because the Russian army does not have the cadre of highly trained non-commissioned officers to play this role in Western forces, according to the assessment.
“The loss of a large proportion of the younger generation of professional officers is likely to aggravate the ongoing problems of modernizing their command and control approach. More immediately,