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Moscow's foremost forces were exhausted as early as mid-summer 2022, a senior defense intelligence official said in Kyiv this Saturday.

Elite Russian units involved in the heaviest fighting in Ukraine have been reconstituted up to six times, according to a senior Kyiv military intelligence official, as Moscow's troops continue their efforts to occupy Ukrainian regions despite massive casualties.

"The professional composition of the best-prepared Russian troops had been destroyed by the middle of summer last year," Skibitsky said."I can give you an example: the 155th Brigade of the Pacific Fleet. Right now, this brigade is fighting in its six composition. The Russian naval infantry marches during the Victory Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2012. Russian marine units are believed to have suffered high casualties in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Russia's naval infantry is among its most potent battlefield resource. Like the airborne forces—or the VDV—marines are better trained, equipped, and motivated than regular Russian units.

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