Belgorod breakthrough: Russia will have to withdraw up to 60 thousand soldiers from Ukraine - experts

The breakthrough of the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDC) and the Legion "Freedom of Russia" (LSR) in the Belgorod region proves the weakness of the Russian defense line. Most Russian soldiers are employed in Ukraine, Military Expert Thomas Tainer reported on May 24 in communication with the German Bild Tabloid. The border of Ukraine with Russia is guarded by several local parts and border guards, there are no divisions or crews. The Ukrainian military noticed it, he added.

The RDC and LSR fighters per day, according to the expert, won more territories than mercenaries of the Russian PEC "Wagner" for a year in Bakhmut. "Their attacks are similar to the Putin invasion of the Crimea and the east of Ukraine in 2014. Everything is happening. Probably, Ukrainians took the Russian directory in 2014 and used it for themselves," Tainer continued. Western experts note the high combat capability of RDC and LSR.

The latter has up to 6 thousand people, and earlier they fought with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of Ukrainian troops in the Bakhmut area. To prepare Russia for protection against such raids, 50-60 thousand occupiers should be withdrawn from Ukraine. In total, Moscow sent about 300,000 soldiers to Ukraine, Tainer calculated. "It is extremely difficult for the Kremlin to do.

From a grand plan to get Kiev in three days, they have come to the point that even regional centers cannot protect. This is a complete catastrophe for Putin," he said. Professor of Munich University of Bundesver Carlo Masal saw in the breakthrough of the Russian border near Belgorod another proof of the weakness of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the inability to wage war.

A few, in fact, unchanged troops, moved to the border region, showing a horrific border security situation in Russia, a specialist summed up. Recall that the fighters of the RDC and the LSR on May 24 declared the achievement of all the goals at this time. They promised to reach Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Rostov and Moscow in the future.