Military Russian elite tank army was sent to Ukraine

On the front line near the city of Svatovo in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, apparently, parts of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Russian Federation, which belongs to the category of elite. This is stated in the summary in the intelligence review of the British Ministry of Defense.

The summary notes that during the war this army has already suffered significant losses, in particular, with a retreat from the Kharkov region in September 2022. Now, apparently, the composition of the army is replenished with partial mobilization.

Russian forces completed the preparation of an almost continuous 60-kilometer trench system between Svatovo and the Russian border. Despite the impressive length, the depth of the system and its defensive abilities are still unclear, noticed in British intelligence.