"In order to staff the armed forces of the Russian Federation, the units of the 4th (Tskhinvali district, South Ossetia) and 7th (Abkhazia) military bases, which are part of the Southern Military District, were redeployed from the occupied territories of Georgia to Ukraine," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook.
According to the General Staff data, three battalion tactical groups (BTGs) with a total number of up to 1,200 Russian and Ossetian servicemen were formed and sent to Ukraine from the 4th military base. Two BTGs were formed of the 7th military base units, numbering about 800 people.
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It shoud be noted that On March 13, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has announced that in order to urgently make up for the losses of the occupying troops, the RF Armed Forces are transferring part of the "peacekeeping" contingent from Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) to Ukraine.
Besides, on March 9-10, 800 servicemen of the 102nd military base (Gyumri, Armenia) of the Southern Military District were moved to Russia for further transfer to the combat zone in Ukraine.
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