The Russian Federation transferred to 5,000 military people from Ukraine - the media

This was reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) with reference to Ukrainian and Western officials. One of the brigades was taken out of the Donetsk region, the center of the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Other parts were taken from less important areas. However, in the future, Russia will have to withdraw more troops from Ukraine if it wants to return its own territory, the interlocutors indicate. "This goal will require more power than there is Kiev.

It is likely that more than 20,000 duly trained servicemen are required," the source said. According to the Western military, Ukraine sent up to 6,000 soldiers to Kursk, as well as up to 4,000 servicemen to perform auxiliary tasks in the Sumy region. According to a person who is familiar with the operation to avoid weakening of the front line, a large part of the troops were taken from the reserve formed with the support of the event for operations for 2024 and 2025.

"In order to displace Ukrainians, Russia will have to send even more troops, to wipe their own cities and villages from the face of artillery shelling, as it does on much of Ukraine," the WSJ interlocutor continued.

During the fighting, according to a high -ranking official from Kiev, the Armed Forces captured 2,000 Russians and seized about as many territories as the Russian Federation has conquered in Ukraine during exhausting offensive operations with large losses in Ukraine since the beginning of 2024. "To take advantage of all the benefits, Ukraine will need such a level of support that the US and some of their allies have not yet been ready to provide," the authors of the material summed up.