In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, a Russian army's howitzer fires at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location.
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, a Russian army's howitzer fires at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location.
  • Belarus is training Russian troops despite its army being "much less-experienced," the UK MOD said.
  • Russia resorted to this after its own training system was upended by the war in Ukraine, it said.
  • Most of Russia's instructors are deployed in Ukraine, according to UK intelligence.

Russia has been forced to rely on neighboring Belarus to train some of its troops, with many of its own instructors now deployed to Ukraine, according to UK intelligence. This despite Belarus' military being much less experienced.