Russia has about 500 thousand troops in Ukraine and near its borders, — Umerov
Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the Russian Federation has about half a million troops in Ukraine and near its borders. At the same time, it is preparing to deploy additional manpower
This was reported by espresso.tv
He said this in an interview with Reuters.
According to Umerov, the enemy has about 500 thousand military in Ukraine and near its borders. The occupiers are also preparing to bring in another 200-300 thousand people.
At the same time, Reuters notes that Ukraine's defense personnel is more than one million people.
"Military analysts estimate the number of Ukrainian defense personnel, including security and law enforcement agencies, at more than a million", the article adds.
- On May 26, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian occupation forces were assembling a new group near the border, 90 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv.
