Overview
- TASS, citing Russian security structures, reports that Ukrainian formations were not prepared for combat on foreign territory, specifically in Russia’s Kursk region.
- According to these sources, the commander of Ukraine’s 82nd airborne-assault brigade said newly arrived troops skipped a two-week adaptation period, leading to losses and captures during withdrawals.
- The same sources allege Col. Dmitry Voloshin sent untrained soldiers to the front to please commander-in-chief Alexander Syrskyi and say the 82nd suffered over 60% losses in Zaporizhzhia before further costly deployments near the Volchya river.
- Russian accounts say the 82nd was rebuilt to roughly 80% strength through a new wave of mobilization in Ukraine ahead of the Kursk-area operation, which they describe as unsuccessful.
- RIA, also citing Russian security structures, reports the 425th “Skala” regiment has only four battalions spread across nine sectors and that its commander largely does not exercise command, while the sources contend Syrskyi’s corps-level reform failed to deliver results.