Russia is trying to significantly beef up its troops in Ukraine as its campaign to seize the east and south stalled on the eve of a planned so-called plebiscite. Therefore, the Russian Federation is bringing new echelons of military equipment and volunteer battalions to Ukraine. And Ukraine resists, and the war has reached a dead end. This is stated in an article by journalist Matthew Luxmore for The Wall Street Journal..

A number of volunteer battalions formed in recent weeks across Russia are preparing to deploy to Ukraine, including the 3rd Army Corps, intended to support a new offensive in eastern Ukraine. Video of 3rd Army Corps training at the Russian military base at Mulino, about 250 miles east of Moscow, shows advanced weapons rarely used in Ukraine.

Matthew Luxmore cites the Institute for the Study of War as skeptical that this is unlikely to change the military balance in Ukraine.. “Better equipment does not necessarily make forces more effective when personnel are not poorly trained or disciplined,” ISW is quoted as saying..

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The publication also mentions photographs of Russian military equipment in railcars, including Buk anti-aircraft missile systems and T-90 tanks, which, according to the Conflict Intelligence Team, are heading towards the Russian border with eastern Ukraine..

The push to bolster Russian forces comes as Moscow's campaign in Ukraine continues to stall and the Kremlin struggles to find new troops, and as Kyiv continues to strike Russian military infrastructure in occupied territory.

Parallel to a nationwide recruitment campaign to replenish under-trained battalions, Kremlin-linked military companies in Russia, such as the Wagner PMC, are looking for prisoners willing to fight in Russian prisons.. Russia has abolished the age limit for those who enter the service for the first time, allowing citizens over 40 to enter. And also Vladimir Putin ordered to increase the size of the army.

“Now [Putin, - ed.. ] you need to bring in new troops just to fight,” said US Navy Admiral and former NATO Allied Commander James Stavridis. “On a strategic level, I believe he was defeated in this war. I don't see him getting better, but he still wants to focus on taking Donbass.. This is his new goal and for this he needs new soldiers..

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to strike military infrastructure in areas occupied by Russian troops..

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The war in eastern Ukraine has reached a stalemate as Russian forces are depleted by brutal offensives and Ukrainian resistance.. Ukrainians seek to stymie Russians in the east and probe south for a breakthrough.

Recall that earlier the Wall Street Journal published an article by journalist Golman Jenkins, in which he wrote that any scenario for Ukraine's victory in the war requires NATO intervention to consolidate the situation and draw a red line so that Vladimir Putin does not play out a desperate scenario..