Russia is deploying elite airborne troops to bolster ground forces, UK says
Over the last two weeks, Russia has likely reinforced what Britain’s Defense Ministry called its “hard-pressed” 58th Combined Arms Army in southern Ukraine with additional, elite airborne units.
“Throughout the war Russian commanders have attempted to regenerate the airborne forces as a highly mobile, striking force for offensive operations. Once again, they are being used as line infantry to augment over-stretched ground forces,” the ministry said in an intelligence update Monday.
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