The regular Russian army enters Bakhmut, increasingly replacing the mercenaries of the private military company Wagner in positions in this city.
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Therefore, more and more Russian occupiers from the units of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation appear in this direction. Now parts of the 76th and 106th divisions and two additional separate brigades of these troops have been transferred to the sector. That is why these units are beginning to play an increasingly significant role in Bakhmut. This is stated in the new report of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain for June 3.
According to British intelligence, during the war with Ukraine, the Russian airborne troops have greatly degraded and lost their elite status. However, even taking this into account, the command of the Russian Federation tried to save a part of this more professional reserve.
The British believe that the current state of the Russian airborne units may threaten the occupiers on the defensive.
Since they now had to be deployed to hold the front line in Bakhmut, it is likely that the Russian forces as a whole will have less ability to respond to difficulties at the operational level, the report says.
Recall that ISW stated that Wagner’s private military company, the Sparta battalion, as well as the operational-tactical combat formations of Kaskad and Rusich, began disputes even before noticeable successes at the front.
Source: Racurs
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