Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country and assembling them near Ukraine for future offensive operations. This is stated in the daily update of British Defence Intelligence on Twitter on Saturday, July 9.
British intelligence indicates that a large proportion of the new infantry units are probably deploying with MT-LB armored vehicles taken from long-term storage, although Russia has long considered them unsuitable for most advanced infantry transportation missions.
British intelligence also noted that, despite the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Russian armed forces "have not even started" their efforts in Ukraine, many of their reinforcements are ad hoc groupings, deploying with obsolete or inappropriate equipment.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on July 7, the British Ministry of Defence reported that there was a pause in the battles in the Donbas.
On July 6, British intelligence indicated that the Russian Federation had transferred most of the remaining parts of the Eastern and Western groups of forces to the Izium direction and was continuing its attack on Sloviansk.
On July 5, British intelligence predicted that the Russian Federation would level towns and cities in Donetsk region by massed employment of artillery.
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