{"id":1361124,"date":"2026-02-22T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/how-many-troops-does-ukraine-need-to-have-a-significant-advantage-on-the-front-analysis-by-the-times\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:23:51","slug":"how-many-troops-does-ukraine-need-to-have-a-significant-advantage-on-the-front-analysis-by-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/how-many-troops-does-ukraine-need-to-have-a-significant-advantage-on-the-front-analysis-by-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"How many troops does Ukraine need to have a significant advantage on the front: analysis by The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ukraine needs about 250,000 additional troops to change the situation on the battlefield. Shortages of personnel and weapons are noted in a number of key areas of the front.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/russia-ukraine-war\/article\/ukraine-russia-military-army-news-latest-8gs2vjwtz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Times<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> According to the publication, the shortage of forces is felt near Lyman, Siversk, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk.<\/p>\n<p> Journalists note that the urban areas of Pokrovska and Myrnograd, as well as Hulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region, are partially or almost completely under the control of Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p> Further advance of the Russian army towards Zaporizhia could create a risk of more active use of kamikaze drones, similar to the situation in Kherson.<\/p>\n<p> Ukrainian commanders emphasize that the lack of trained infantry and drone operators significantly limits defense capabilities.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We need additional pilots for the drone units and more infantry to cover them,&#8221; one officer noted.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/in-2025-russia-lost-more-soldiers-than-it-mobilized-into-the-army-syrsky\/\">In 2025, Russia lost more soldiers than it mobilized into the army \u2013 Syrsky<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nIt was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vtraty-rosiian-u-25-raziv-bilshi-nizh-v-ukrainy-brytanskyy-ministr-oborony\/\">the heavy losses of Russian military personnel on the battlefield are forcing the Kremlin to actively enlist the help of foreign mercenaries<\/a> from a number of countries.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that in January <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vtraty-rosiian-perevyshchyly-popovnennia-syrskyy-pidbyv-pidsumky-sichnia\/\">, Russian losses exceeded its replenishment by 9 thousand<\/a> and amounted to almost 32 thousand people.<\/p>\n<p> The day before, Syrsky reported that over the past 6 months, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/skilky-viysk-rf-v-ukraini-ta-iaka-protiazhnist-frontu-syrskyy-rozpoviv-pro-operatyvnu-sytuatsiiu\/\">the number of Russian military personnel in Ukraine has remained almost unchanged<\/a> and amounts to approximately 711-712 thousand people, including the operational reserve.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine needs about 250,000 additional troops to change the situation on the battlefield. Shortages of personnel and weapons are noted in a number of key areas of the front. This is reported by The Times . According to the publication, the shortage of forces is felt near Lyman, Siversk, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk. Journalists note that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1341066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1361124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1341066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}