Russian Ground Forces
Land forces of the Russian military
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| April 2025 | General Christopher Cavoli testified to the US Senate Armed Services Committee that Russia is replacing battlefield equipment losses at an 'unprecedented rate', with support from North Korea and Iran in weapons and ammunition supply. |
| April 9 2025 | Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Russian troops in Ukraine had increased to 623,000, growing by 8,000-9,000 soldiers each month. |
| 2025 | Russian soldiers began using donkeys for transport during the invasion of Ukraine, as reported by soldiers and pro-Kremlin bloggers, highlighting severe equipment shortages. |
| 2025 | The Russian military budget is set to expand to US$145 billion, representing a 30 percent increase from previous years. |
| January 2025 | A batch of Depesha multi-role tracked unmanned ground vehicles was delivered. |
| 2024 | Stalker mine-clearing unmanned ground vehicle completed trials. |
| 2024 | Rustam Muradov succeeds Aleksandr Lapin as Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief. |
| 2024 | Russia plans to expand its active military personnel to 1.5 million, which would make it the second-largest active military force after China. |
| December 17 2024 | Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the unit's commander, was killed in a bombing in Moscow. |
| November 2024 | The Telegraph reported that Russia had issued its first manual to soldiers instructing how to dig and maintain mass graves amid growing casualties. |
| November 2024 | Russia reduced payments to troops injured in the Ukraine invasion due to increasing war costs and heavy personnel losses. |
| October 2024 | MK750 Kaluzhanin cargo transport drone completed trials and entered series production. |
| September 2024 | Supplies of modernized Groza tropospheric communications stations begun. |
| August 2024 | Armored refueling vehicle passed trials and supplies begun. |
| August 2024 | Impulse-K variant of Impulse-M multi-role tracked unmanned ground vehicle, equipped with combat module and ATGMs, passed trials. |
| August 2024 | First 50 'Night Witch' strike multi-rotor hexacopter drones delivered, capable of carrying 4 munitions. |
| July 2024 | Irbis counter-battery radar entered service. |
| July 24 2024 | Ukrainian Commander-in-chief Colonel General Oleksanr Syrskyi reported significant growth in Russian military equipment during the ongoing invasion: tank numbers doubled from 1,700 to 3,500, artillery systems tripled, and armored personnel carriers increased from 4,500 to 8,900. |
| June 2024 | REBovets Valley mobile electronic warfare system completed testing, mounted on a tracked platform and equipped with Fumigator jammer. |
| June 2024 | Tablet-A artillery fire control system began deliveries. |
| June 2024 | LPK-101 Krechet anti-drone sighting system passed trials. |
| June 2024 | Large contract signed with Defense Ministry for modernized Oberig-S sapper's armor, with supplies beginning. |
| April 2024 | Tetrazdr anti-drone electronic warfare system passed tests. |
| March 2024 | Unnamed remotely-controlled machine-gun turret entered service. |
| March 2024 | Supplies of over 100,000 VKPO all-weather field clothing sets begun. |
| March 11 2024 | CNN reported Russia produces approximately 250,000 artillery shells per month, or about 3 million annually, nearly three times the quantity produced by the US and Europe for Ukraine. |
| January 2024 | Syuzhet-MF meteorological station passed tests. |
| January 2024 | Over 200,000 sets of Multicam uniform ordered. |
| 2023 | Russian Ministry of Defense reported receiving hundreds of thousands of small arms, new and repaired weapon systems, military vehicles, equipment, artillery systems, air defense systems, and over a million individual armor protection items. |
| 2023 | 2S38 Derivatsiya-PVO Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun completed development. |
| 2023 | Aleksandr Lapin takes over as Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief from Alexei Kim. |
| 2023 | Lieutenant-General Dmitry Klimenko becomes commander of Russian Missile Troops and Artillery, succeeding Mikhail Matveyevsky |
| November 2023 | Scalpel kamikaze drone entered small-scale production as a cheaper alternative to the Lancet drone. |
| November 2023 | PP-2000 submachine gun delivered to Russian Ground Forces. |
| October 2023 | Reports of growing mutinies among Russian troops due to significant losses in offensives around Avdiivka, with complaints of lack of artillery, food, water, and poor command. |
| October 20 2023 | State tests of the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV 152 mm self-propelled howitzer were completed, allowing for the launch of mass production. |
| October 5 2023 | Vladimir Putin stated that Russia's spending on defense and security now equals 6% of its GDP. |
| September 2023 | Russia begins producing suicide drones in various regions and claims to have increased production of main armored vehicles and destruction means by three to four times compared to the previous year. |
| September 2023 | Russia reportedly overcame international sanctions, with missile production exceeding pre-war levels and the ability to produce 200 tanks and two million ammunition units annually. |
| September 2023 | RDG-U smoke grenade accepted for supply. |
| September 2023 | Various Russian regions launched independent production of suicide drones. Putin claimed the production of main armored vehicles increased by four times and production of critical destruction means increased by three times. |
| August 2023 | Production of Gastello kamikaze drone started with 30% component localization, aiming to increase to 95% in subsequent months. |
| June 2023 | Putin backed the Ministry of Defense's plan to make mercenary groups sign contracts, leading to tensions with Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. |
| May 9 2023 | Moscow Victory Day Parade featured only a single World War II-vintage tank, highlighting significant military equipment losses. |
| March 2023 | Plans were made public to replenish Ground Forces' contract service personnel (kontrakniki) by 400,000. |
| March 2023 | Defence Minister Shoigu reported 1,100 women were deployed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 2023 | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) amended long-term storage estimate of old tanks to 5,000. |
| February 14 2023 | British defence secretary Ben Wallace reported that 97% of Russian ground forces were now committed to the war in Ukraine. |
| January 2023 | Schetnik sniper rifle entered serial production, chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO. |
| January 2023 | Serial production of Oberig body armor launched. |
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