New recruits to the Ukrainian army are trained by UK army specialists at a military base near Manchester, England, on July 7, 2022.Louis Wood/The Associated Press
Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country and assembling them near Ukraine for future offensive operations, British military intelligence said on Saturday.
A large proportion of the new Russian infantry units are probably deploying with MT-LB armoured vehicles taken from long-term storage as their primary transport, Britain’s Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin.
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