Russian troops were sent into battle ahead of schedule because of forces being 'over-stretched' on the front lines, the British Defense Ministyr said.
's invading forces. Kyiv has said its military has liberated more than a dozen villages during the operation, and the nation's forces have reportedly made advances on the front's southern sector in recent days.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a grenade launcher in the Serebryansky forest on August 9 in Ukraine's Luhansk region. On Wednesday, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said Russia has sent members of a newly formed reserve army to the region months ahead of schedule."Elements of Russia's new 25th Combined Arms Army have highly likely deployed to Ukraine for the first time. The formation is likely focused on Luhansk Oblast in the north-east of the country," the U.K.'s MoD wrote.
The British department also said that as recently as last month, recruitment advertisements for 25 CAA said units from the formation would not start deploying until December.Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language:
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