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Pentagon: ‘Russia adds 11 battalion tactical groups in Ukraine.’
April 19, 2022 2:58 AM
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In a statement on April 18, a senior U.S. defense official confirmed that there are now 76 Russian battalion tactical groups in the Donbas region and in southeast Ukraine (up from 65 last week). Besides those, there are about 22 groups north of Ukraine that are likely being resupplied and refitted, the official said.

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