Are Russian soldiers becoming hypothermic?

The Russian Federation Army does not have any special ability to fight better in winter. An Army tends to reflect its population and 75% of Russia's population lives in urban areas.

As in all armies, the poor tend to have greater representation, it is certainly possible that there is a larger percentage of soldiers who know cold weather survival and fieldcraft from their time growing up hunting and farming.

However, unless these skills are transferred to other soldiers who grew up in an urban environment and soldiers are provided with good cold weather equipment, this may not help.

Also note that winter makes everything harder. Soldiers need more calories. Vehicles need more Class III POL (Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant). It becomes more difficult to dig trenches and starting fires to keep warm could cause your position to be revealed.

I don't know if we can make a determination that the Russian Army is not prepared for winter from a single video, but this week, the area near Kherson will be wet and cold - which is a recipe for hypothermia. If we see an uptick of vehicles going to field hospitals, that could indicate that there is an increase in cold weather injuries.

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