Russian President Putin's partial mobilization may not be able to solve Russia's manpower problems. 'Most of these guys haven’t been through recent training,' said one former National Security Council director for Russia.
But it is unlikely that anywhere near all of the 300,000 will have true, or get it once in the field, said Jeff Edmonds, who served as the National Security Council’s director for Russia in the Obama administration.
“The administrative side of adding new territory takes time, mobilizing and integrating newly mobilized troops takes time.”Ukraine had nearly 200,000 active duty soldiers at the start of the war, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British research institute in London.
Ryder said “it would take time for Russia to train and prepare and equip these forces,” with estimates ranging from weeks to months, meaning that these reinforcements could arrive closer to Ukraine’s bitter winter months when the front lines could freeze until the spring.Adding a large number of poorly trained soldiers lacking motivation won't provide much beyond “cannon fodder,” said Glen Howard, the president of the Jamestown Foundation.