They stressed that Russia's elite VDV airborne troops had been involved in several "tactical failures" in Putin's war in Ukraine. They included being forced to retreat after seizing a key airport near Kyiv as the Russian president sought to seize the Ukrainian capital within days of launching his invasion in February.
UK defence chiefs said the VDV's underwhelming performance highlighted that Putin's military was an "unbalanced overall force".
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