Over the past week, russia has deployed units from the russian MOD’s Africa Corps alongside regular russian forces and Storm-Z units during their offensive on Vovchansk, northern Kharkiv, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The russian MOD’s Africa Corps, which emerged in December 2023, consists of over 2,000 regular soldiers and officers, as well as experienced mercenaries, many of whom previously served in the Wagner Group. Africa Corps detachments have highly likely previously deployed to Syria, Libya, Burkina Faso and Niger.
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The russian MOD almost certainly redeployed detachments from the Africa Corps to the Ukrainian border during April 2024 in preparation for this offensive. It is highly likely that russia is reinforcing its war on Ukraine with resources previously assigned to Africa.
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