Ukrainian intelligence announced the deployment of the 3rd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces to the Donbass
Russia is deploying the newly formed 3rd Army Corps to the zone of the special military operation. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the unit is already on the territory of the Rostov region in readiness to cross the border.
According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, at present the Russian army group in Ukraine does not exceed 160 people, not counting the National Guard. According to the official representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate Vadim Skibitsky, in the near future Russia intends to increase the grouping by another 90 people at the expense of "volunteer and reserve" battalions.
The formation of the 3rd Army Corps was reported by the American Analytical Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing American and British intelligence. The connection numbering approximately 15,5 thousand military personnel was coordinated at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Reportedly, the corps received modern equipment, including Tanks T-90M and T-80BVM and BMP-3.
The GUR of Ukraine suggests that the most likely directions for the transfer of the 3rd Army Corps will be Zaporozhye or Nikolaev, where Russian troops are developing an offensive on Nikolaev, or Donetsk, where attempts are being made to complete the encirclement of Avdiivka. It is not excluded that the task of the new corps will be to push the Ukrainian troops as far as possible from Donetsk.
As previously reported, about forty volunteer battalions are being formed in Russia to be sent to the special operation zone. Volunteers officially enter into contracts with the Ministry of Defense, receiving all the due payments and benefits for combatants. The recruitment to the ranks of the PMC "Wagner" also continues. There is no data on the number of "musicians", their losses are not included in the official reports.
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