Overview
- RIA Novosti and TASS on January 7 cite unnamed Russian security officials saying Ukraine has widened unit staffing tables since the start of winter, a claim not independently verified.
- Reported reorganizations include the 78th airborne-assault regiment raised to a brigade, the 71st jaeger reclassified as an airmobile brigade, and the 253rd "Arey" assault battalion expanded into a regiment.
- The sources assert that larger authorized structures have deepened personnel gaps, prompting composite formations on some fronts and efforts to fill ranks through forced mobilization.
- They also claim parts of the Foreign Legion were disbanded with personnel reassigned into assault units.
- A newly formed 160th mechanized brigade is described as operating on the Sumy axis, with the proliferation of separate brigades said to complicate command.