Russia is redeploying troops to the Donetsk city, the British Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
Russian troops will be"less flexible" in responding to challenges on the frontline in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, according to British defense officials.of mercenaries which have been withdrawing from the Donetsk city, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said in its update on Saturday.announced in May his troops would withdraw from Bakhmut and be replaced by Russia's regular army after he claimed his forces had captured the city that had been fought over for months.
A Ukrainian artilleryman stands on position on Bakhmut direction on May 28, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Russian troops are being redeployed to Bakhmut to hold the frontline, British defense officials said on June 3, 2023.Russian airborne forces, known as the VDV, are taking on a more important role in Bakhmut, with parts of its 76th and 106th division and two separate brigades now deployed to the sector, the MOD update said.
However, it added that these airborne forces had"degraded" from the"elite" status they had before Moscow invaded Ukraine—though Russian commanders are likely to have tried to maintain some of these units as an uncommitted reserve. Because Russian soldiers have had to be deployed to hold the frontline in Bakhmut,"the whole Russian force is likely to be less flexible in reacting to operational challenges," concluded the U.K. MOD update, which generally tends to emphasize Russian losses and Ukrainian gains.
The U.S.-based think tank noted how milbloggers said there were disputes over who took more control of Marinka where Russian forces have struggled to advance since the war started—Russia's 150th and 20th Motorized Rifle Divisions or troops from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic .
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