The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) said that Russian troops were being rotated into Belarus for training.
Most of the troops had transferred back to Russia"before almost certainly being recommitted to operations in Ukraine," the update on Thursday said.
The 2nd GMRD is part of the 1st Guards Tank Army and suffered major losses in the opening stages of the war, which began last February 24. The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate said on Wednesday that some elements of the division had been deployed to the Luhansk region. Ukrainian soldiers drive a tank down a street outside of the heavily damaged town of Siversk near the front lines with Russia on January 21, 2023, in Siversk, Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense said on January 26, 2023, that Russia was rotating troops through Belarus.The MOD said that the unit is mostly composed of mobilized personnel"operating older equipment taken from storage" whose combat effectiveness"will likely be limited despite several weeks of training.
The defense officials said that there was"a realistic possibility that other Russian units are being rotated into Belarus for similar training." "Russia will continue this model to regenerate and prepare units to maintain its force in Ukraine," it added.reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment regarding the daily British assessment, which emphasizes Ukrainian gains and Russian losses.
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