Almost half a million: the Russian Federation has pulled more occupiers to the front than in February 2022 - expert (video)

According to military expert Alexei Hetman, in some areas of the Russo-Ukrainian Front, professionally trained military assets of the Russian Federation, who have combat experience. Currently, about half a million Russian invaders have been charged to the line of the Russian-Ukrainian Front, which is much more than it was at the beginning of a full-scale invasion in 2022. Such data cited on the air of the TV channel "Espresso" a military expert, a major of reserve of NSU Alexei Hetman.

"These are 450,000 personnel, 30,000 Rosgvardia and units from the so-called" DNR "and" LNR ", which are also involved in the war. And it is three times more than at the beginning of a full-scale invasion," the veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war said. He stressed that there are now up to 150,000 enemy power in the Kupyansk direction alone. "And these are not mobilized, but professional military who already have combat experience and are able to fight.

This means that it is not so easy to keep defense, for example, in Kupyansk direction and take counter -offensive actions," the Hetman emphasized. The reserve major also added that in the Bakhmut direction the enemy tries to squeeze the Armed Forces from the positions.

The commander of shock unmanned aviation complexes "Achilles" 92 Separate assault brigade named after the Koshov Ataman Ivan Sirko Yuriy Fedorenko told about fighting in the Bakhmut direction, which lasts both during the day and at night. He explained that the purpose of changing the tactics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is to gain at least some success. At the same time, Fedorenko emphasized that the initiative on the forefront remains with Ukrainian fighters.