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More than 420,000 Russian troops in occupied areas: Ukraine

Kyiv has estimated that Russia has deployed over 400,000 soldiers in regions it controls in eastern and southern Ukraine, according to Deputy Intelligence Chief Vadym Skibitsky on Saturday.

AFP WORLD
Published September 09,2023
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Kyiv estimates that Russia has deployed more than 400,000 soldiers in areas it controls in the east and south of Ukraine, Deputy Intelligence Chief Vadym Skibitsky said Saturday.

"The Russian Federation has concentrated more than 420,000 servicemen in our territories that are temporarily occupied, including Crimea," Skibitsky said at a conference in Kyiv.