Earlier, Russia President Vladimir Putin signed an order to establish a recruitment commission for the Armed Forces of Russia, and Medvedev was appointed chairman of the committee, which is Medvedev's third position after the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the first deputy chairman of the military-industrial committee of Russia.
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), "the Kremlin appears to be reorganizing Russia fragmented, regional volunteer recruitment campaign into a federal operation, suggesting that despite previous claims Ukraine that the invasion of Kursk Oblast has led to a surge in Russia volunteer recruitment, Russia is still struggling to meet its manpower needs for the Ukraine war." ”
Whether Medvedev can lead the work of the recruitment committee of the Armed Forces of Russia, we dare not conclude for the time being, as the former president of Russia, Medvedev's position is very sensitive, we will not say much here, but many netizens are aware of it, speculating that many of the "drunk words" that Medvedev said before were intentional.
The Russian army's effective war of attrition requires two major resources, troops and ammunition, and the Russian army is now understaffed, and there are also problems in the supply of ammunition: compared to the maximum consumption of 70,000 or 80,000 rounds per day in the first year of the war, the Russian army now consumes about 10,000 shells per day, and it is likely to become fewer soon.
Ukraine "fragments" of drones destroyed three Russian ammunition depots in three days, including the Toropets ammunition depot in Tver Oblast alone, which, according to the head of the intelligence center of the Estonia Wehrmachtftch, Colonel An·tz Kiwiselge, was detonated in 30,000 tons of ammunition or 750,000 rounds of artillery shells, "which could have been used for two or three months, Russia lost ammunition in this attack, and we will see the impact of these losses on the front line in the coming weeks." ”
Reuters reported that in the explosion of the Toropets ammunition depot, it is likely that some Iran ballistic missiles were also blown up. Reuters said that Iran has delivered 200 ballistic missiles to Russia, some of which were sent to the Toropets ammunition depot, but Russia may have only received ballistic missiles and not launchers, presumably the secret negotiations between the West and Iran played a role, which may also be the reason why United States President Biden has not lifted all restrictions on the use of weapons to aid Ukraine.
Satellite photos of the Armory No. 23 of the Main Directorate of Missile and Artillery, located in October Town, Verkhniy Volochok District, just 16 kilometers from the Toropets ammunition depot, also appeared on the Internet after the attack, and analysts judged that the armory "was severely damaged in the north, with more than 58 warehouse buildings and several open sites reduced to ashes or seriously damaged", and the supporting railway loading and unloading area was also damaged, and it is speculated that a train full of ammunition stopped there at the time of the explosion, triggering the explosion.
In addition to ammunition, these Russia ammunition depots also destroyed a lot of artillery pieces that were extremely important for the Russian army after the explosion. OSINT analyst Highmarsed said that the Tikhoretsk ammunition depot in Krasnodar Krai, which was blown up by the Ukrainian army's drone "fragments", not only a large number of ammunition was blown up, but also a lot of artillery was destroyed: satellite photos in 2021 show that there are more than 200 towed artillery pieces in the ammunition stockpile, but the latest satellite images in August 2024 show that there are 58 guns left in the ammunition depot (red circle), and it is speculated that other artillery pieces have been sent to the front line, and the remaining 58 guns, whether they can be used or not, It is estimated that they were all destroyed in this big explosion.
Russia forces have retaliated after successive attacks on ammunition depots, though on a smaller scale, mainly with the use of suicide drones and gliding guided bombs. In Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, residential buildings were hit by Russian bombs: in Kharkiv, 21 civilians were injured, three of whom were children; In Zaporizhzhia, nine people were injured, one of whom was a child.