Western analysts keep falling out over Russian inventories and production – The latest moves by the Russian military.
According to the analysts of the Institute for the Study of War, in almost 9 months of NMD, the Russian troops used a huge number of tactical and operational-tactical missiles of various types. Where their number is approaching 4,000, making Western analysts more cautious about both Russian reserves and the capabilities of Russian industry.
The number is outrageous, as it exceeds what the Armed Forces of the USSR used in 12 years of participation in the campaign in Afghanistan, although the technologies due to the time difference cannot be taken into account with the same importance. (9 years of direct war in Afghanistan and then 3 years of support for Kabul).
Russia will also, ISW reports, also commit additional mobilized forces in the coming weeks, as enlisted units of the Russian 2nd Motorized Division of the 1st Tank Army have completed their training in the Brest region of Belarus.
The Ukrainian General Staff said it had noticed an increase in Russian military personnel in the city of Lugansk, adding that Russian forces were housing soldiers in abandoned houses in Krasne and Simaykine, about 30 kilometers southeast of Lugansk city.
Also, Lugansk Governor Serhiy Heidi stated that Russian forces are moving what is left of Russian airborne units (paratroopers) from the right (west) bank of Kherson region to Lugansk region.
The Lugansk Oblast Military Command said some of the redeployed Russian troops are reaching Nonaidar, about 55 kilometers east of Severodonetsk.
Advisor to Mariupol Mayor Petro Andryushenko also reported the arrival of redeployed personnel and military equipment in Mariupol, stating that Russian forces are deploying 10,000 to 15,000 troops in the area.
Andryushenko stated that the newly mobilized men are likely to be deployed on the western frontline of the Donetsk region through Mariupol. Russian forces are reportedly trying to disperse forces in the direction of Hulyaipole in the eastern region of Zaporizhia.
