Russia concentrates more than 420,000 troops in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian intelligence
Russia concentrates more than 420,000 soldiers in the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine, in particular Crimeaaccording to the statements of the deputy head of General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitskywhat the Ukrainian media are reporting today.
“The Russian Federation has concentrated more than 420,000 troops in our temporarily occupied territories and the Crimean Peninsula. This without counting the Russian Guard, other structures, special units and security forces of the Russian Federation which guarantee the power of occupation over our territories“, he stressed.
Skibitski, who made these statements at the annual meeting of the European Strategy from Yalta (YES) to kyivstressed that Russia maintains a very powerful contingent in Ukraine, which includes a a lot oftanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems, multiple launch rocket systems and missile systems.
However, and despite the number of occupiers, more than a year and a half after the start of the large-scale aggression, he added, the Russian Federation has not been able to reach its strategic objective of completely occupying Ukraine.
For this reason, Russia changed its objectives and now seeks to seize the entire Lugansk and Donetsk regionshe added.
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