The Russians threw the Russian Guard onto the borders of the Kharkov region.
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Their speedy redeployment from occupied Ukraine is noteworthy, writes the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Previously, ISW also assessed that Russian forces could conduct tactical sabotage cross-border raids into the Kharkov region from the Belgorod region in order to divert and repel Ukrainian forces from the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya direction, where Russian troops are currently conducting offensive operations.
At least two deployed Russian Guard regiments could support such future sabotage activities.
However, Russian troops are unlikely to be able to carry out large-scale offensive operations in the Kharkov region from the Belgorod region, according to analysts at the Institute for the Study of War.
It was previously reported that there are about 35 thousand armed National Guardsmen in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
The Russian Guard, after the Armed Forces, is the second most important component of the occupation forces of the Russian Federation. Members of the formation serve as rear troops to suppress civil resistance. Their responsibilities include carrying out filtration measures among the civilian population and identifying participants in the underground movement, the Center for National Resistance reported.
It is noted that among the 35 thousand Russian Guards, half are regular formations, which are structured into a brigade, 5 battalion tactical groups and 44 tactical groups.
Source: Racurs
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