According to the self-declared People’s Republic of Lugansk’s (LPR) envoy in Moscow, Kiev has sent roughly 40,000 troops to the border with this region, which was recently annexed by Russia.
A significant quantity of Ukrainian personnel and equipment have reportedly been focused in regions where the nation’s military is attempting to make a breakthrough, according to Rodion Miroshnik, LPR spokesperson in Moscow. There are thought to be 40,000 or so Ukrainian soldiers stationed along the LPR-Ukrainian border.
In addition to the region surrounding the town of Krasny Liman in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, where Russian troops retreated a week ago to avoid being encircled, Ukrainian forces are mainly deployed in the north and northwest of the LPR.
Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye, four breakaway areas of Ukraine, were formally annexed by Russia on October 5 when President Vladimir Putin of Russia gave his approval. As a result, the borders between these territories and other nations also serve as Russia’s borders.
