The Kremlin continues to replace Ukrainian collaborators in occupation administrations with Russian officials, notes the Institute for the Study of War.
A new Samara volunteer battalion was formed in Russia, which will be part of the 3rd Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces. It recruits men between the ages of 18 and 50 who do not have mandatory military experience. This was announced on Friday, August 5 by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
ISW indicates that Russian troops form a 15,000-strong army in the Western Military District, based in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Region.
In this regard, the governor of the Omsk region, Alexander Butkov, also said that the Omsk region continues to form three volunteer battalions – Irtysh, Avangard and Om – which will be transferred to Donbass and provide engineering, medical and logistical support in already formed battalions.
ISW also wrote that Russian troops carried out unsuccessful ground attacks on settlements south of Bakhmut and unsuccessfully tried to advance on Lozovaya in the Kherson region. The Russians also conducted some limited ground attacks north, northwest and southwest of Donetsk.
“Russian and Ukrainian forces have exchanged heavy artillery fire on Pisky, indicating that the Russians are unlikely to fully control Pisky,” analysts said.
They also suggested that the occupying authorities are likely to intensify work on the passport and the introduction of rubles, the collection of data from the civilian population in the occupied territories in preparation for future pseudo-referendums.
“The Kremlin continues to replace Ukrainian collaborators in occupation administrations with Russian officials,” writes ISW.
It was previously reported that Ukraine and Russia are preparing for the start of a highly active phase of the conflict in the south.
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Source: korrespondent
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