Ukraine: 420,000 Russian troops in disputed areas10 Sep 2023 21:32
Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy chief of the Defense Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, estimated that the number of Russian troops in "temporarily occupied territories" and Crimea is over 420,000.
The total excludes "Russian National Guard, other bodies, special units, and the Russian security forces that support the occupying power in our territories," Ukrainian media quoted him as saying.
Skibitskyi reportedly made the comments at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum in Kiev.
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