Over the weekend, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced a major redeployment of the Russian Izsum-Balakleja group in another direction. These forces are involved in the fighting in Donbass.
MILITARY EXPERTS EXPLAIN THE MOVE BY THE NEED TO CONCENTRATE FORCES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN KEY AREAS WHERE FIGHTING IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY.
Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 4,000 soldiers and more than 8,000 wounded in the fierce fighting in the two main directions between 6 and 10 September, the defence ministry said.
Russian Air Force strikes destroyed a temporary staging point for units of the 36th Marine Brigade in the direction of Nikolaev-Krivorizhskoye, where a Ukrainian offensive had been thwarted the previous day, destroying more than 100 soldiers and 15 vehicles and armoured vehicles.
The Kharkiv area is not on the list of declared SAS targets. The occupied areas there were used as a buffer to cover the LNR and Russian border.
A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXPENDED TO HOLD THEM AND ARE NOW NEEDED ELSEWHERE, THE RUSSIAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP EXPLAINED THE REDEPLOYMENT.
Since the start of the operation, a total of 293 aircraft, 153 helicopters, 1933 unmanned aerial vehicles, 374 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,883 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 831 multiple rocket launchers, 3,378 field artillery and mortar guns and 5,469 special military vehicles have been destroyed, Russian military spokesman Igor Konasenkov said.
