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1/ Ukrainian deception operations and recent border incursions are reportedly creating great tension among Russian forces on the front line in Ukraine. Russian troops are said to have been moved from Ukraine to guard the border in the Belgorod region. ⬇️ Image
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that according to a source, there is "an extremely nervous situation in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces due to the increasingly frequent manoeuvres of the Ukrainian military."
3/ "On the night of 29 May, for example, an offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was once again announced across the front line, with a number of posts reporting an attack."
4/ "The command activated reserve formations and paratroopers were withdrawn from positions near Kreminna and dispatched to reinforce the border in the Belgorod region. Conscripts are still largely stationed there [in Belgorod]."
5/ (For more on Russia's reliance on conscripts to defend the Ukraine-Russia border, see the thread below.)
6/ "The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been crippling the entire frontline. They constantly dig false trenches, pretend to occupy positions, create fake artillery batteries. They bring 30-40 pieces of equipment close to the border."
7/ "Russian commanders immediately panic, and at night they return one or two vehicles back to their positions. And this happens all the time." /end

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