Russia is moving its reserve forces to Ukraine's border in what UK intelligence warns is in preparation for future offensive operations.
said intelligence suggests that Russia is relying on MT-LB armored vehicles previously held in long term storage facilities to transport an indeterminate number of reservists to its shared border with Ukraine. A convoy of pro-Russian troops moves along a road in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 21.
said in a Saturday tweet."It was originally designed in the 1950s as a tractor to pull artillery, has very limited armor, and only mounts a machine gun for protection." A Russian military convoy stands on the road toward the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday, May 1."Despite President Putin’s claim on July 7 that the Russian military has ‘not even started’ its efforts in Ukraine, many of its reinforcements are ad hoc groupings, deploying with obsolete or inappropriate equipment," the defense ministry said.
The decision to more heavily train Ukraine’s newest recruits, all of whom have little to no military experience, comes just weeks after Ukraine said it was losing between 100 and 200 soldiers every day. Ukrainian servicemen climb on a fighting vehicle outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 2, 2022.
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