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Russia Transfers Recently Formed Third Army Corps to the Border with Ukraine - CIT

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T-80BV and T-90M of the 3rd Army Corps of the Russian Federation. August 2022. Russia. Photo from social media
T-80BV and T-90M of the 3rd Army Corps of the Russian Federation. August 2022. Russia. Photo from social media

As Conflict Intelligence Team report with reference to a photo and video of the transportation of Russian military equipment by rail

The equipment is the Buk anti-aircraft complex, T-80BV and T-90M tanks. According to the CIT, they come from Mulin of the Nizhny Novgorod region to the railway station Neklinovka of the Rostov region, which is located near the border with the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

The transportation of the Buk complexes in particular indicates the overturning of a large unit — the entire third corps or at least its combat-ready part. For the first time, Ukrainian intelligence reported about the formation of the third army corps in Mulin.

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It is not yet known exactly where the Russian command plans to engage the forces of the corps, however, the final point of the echelons of the corps is located closest to the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia areas of the frontline.

On July 29, the Defense Intelligence of the MoD of Ukraine reported that Russiaʼs military departments had failed the covert mobilization. At the same time, Russia is forming another strike group near Ukraine and creating of 16 volunteer battalions, so they decided to form a third separate army corps by mid-August — another strike group for the war against Ukraine.

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