Russia's military is 'struggling in terms of low morale' and recruitment, Sir Tony Radakin said Sunday.
Radakin outlined some of the challenges the Russian military continues to face during an appearance on the British Broadcasting Corporation .
Russian President Vladimir Putin is struggling to match his military’s troops to equipment amid low recruitment and morale, said Sir. Tony Radakin on Sunday. Above, Putin speaks in Moscow on June 30."There are some Russian troops that are clearly effective, and they are taking ground and being successful," he said."But the overall force is struggling. They're struggling in terms of their numbers, but they're especially struggling in terms of their morale.
Moscow has sought to mobilize reservist troops as the military deals with struggling morale, but that effort has not seen the success military leaders would hope for, as it has achieved only 30 percent of the numbers they would normally reach, Radakin explained. "More and more, they're having to go to the more rural areas of Russia because people are avoiding the call-out in the cities," he said.
Radakin also dismissed reports that Putin is in poor health. Amid the war, several reports have emerged claiming the Russian president has a
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