The first Russian troops that the Armed Forces of Ukraine drove out of northern Ukraine have begun to appear in the east.
This was stated by a senior official of the US Department of Defense in a comment to CNN.
"They already have a significant amount of forces in the region. We would assess that inside Ukraine itself, there’s 65 total operational BTGs. And they are, of the 65, they’re really in that east and south parts of Ukraine the official said", the
official said.
According to the US official, some of these units left northern Ukraine and the areas north of Kyiv and returned to Russia and Belarus for replenishment and reinforcements before leaving for Donbas.