Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Prof Colonel Alexander Perendzhiev said the course would be developed based on interviews with soldiers who “endured all the hardships of frontline service.”
He said: “We had to find out what qualities the fighters on the frontline lack in modern warfare conditions.
“We are confronting Ukrainian forces whom NATO stands behind. The enemy is a very serious one and to defeat it, you need to take into account many nuances.
“Physical training is the basis that allows soldiers and officers to effectively carry out their combat missions and survive in difficult conditions,
According to a draft training document outlining details of the new programme, the course will help soldiers “develop tactical endurance” through strength exercises.
Soldiers meeting new training standards would also benefit from monthly bonuses of between 15 and 100 percent of their salary, according to the paper.
The decision to implement new training comes as a declassified US intelligence report suggested nearly 315,000 Russian soldiers had died or were injured since the start of the war.
Moscow and Kyiv have both been scarce with details about losses, with Russia claiming in September 2022 that it had lost 5,937 men since the start of the war.
Ukraine has treated the figures as state secrets and insisted disclosing how many soldiers have died would harm the war effort. A conservative estimate put the number at 24,500.
