According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia concentrates more than 420,000 soldiers in Ukraine
Russia is more than focused 420,000 soldiers in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, especially in Crimeaaccording to statements from the deputy head of the Directorate General for Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence, Vadim Skibitskiwhich the Ukrainian media is reporting on today.
“The Russian Federation has concentrated more than 420,000 troops in our temporarily occupied territories and on the Crimean peninsula Russian Guard, other structures, special forces and security forces of the Russian Federation guaranteeing the occupying power in our territories,” he said.
Skibitski, who made these statements during the annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kievstressed that Russia has a very strong contingent in Ukraine, including a very muchTanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems, multiple rocket launcher systems and rocket systems.
However, despite the number of occupiers, in more than a year and a half since the start of large-scale aggression, the Russian Federation has failed to achieve its strategic goal of completely occupying Ukraine.
Therefore, Russia has changed its goals and is now aiming to take over the entire Lugansk and Donetsk regionshe added.