{"id":1315273,"date":"2026-03-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1315273"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:13:06","slug":"russia-creates-new-divisions-formally-but-cannot-staff-them-palisa-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-creates-new-divisions-formally-but-cannot-staff-them-palisa-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia creates new divisions formally, but cannot staff them, Palisa claims"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>In 2025, Russia set a goal to create 15 new divisions, but in fact began forming only four, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n   <p>This was stated in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.ua\/rubric-ato\/4094649-pavlo-palisa-zastupnik-kerivnika-ofisu-prezidenta.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;an interview with Ukrinform&nbsp;<\/a>by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Colonel Pavlo Palisa.<\/p>\n   <p>&#8220;Back in 2024, Russia restored\/reformed its structure by creating the Leningrad and Moscow military districts. But this is portrayed more as a strengthening of its position against NATO. Moreover, it is more psychological. Creating a district on paper is one thing. Filling it with trained personnel, equipment, and logistics is quite another,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n   <p>Palisa also added that it will take a significant amount of time for the newly created units to become combat-capable.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cHere we need to mention the Russians&#8217; goal of creating 15 new divisions by 2025, of which only four have actually been created. But even those are just formalities, with limited capabilities, because they can&#8217;t fill them with people due to significant losses on the front lines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n   <p>As reported earlier,\u00a0Russia&#8217;s total manpower losses now stand over 1,2 million soldiers.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-lawmakers-call-for-stronger-support-for-ukraine\/\">U.S. Lawmakers Call for Stronger Support for Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2025, Russia set a goal to create 15 new divisions, but &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1315274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,50],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1315273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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