Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Chief of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, stated that Russia has concentrated its entire ground force of 462,000 soldiers in Ukraine, leaving no capability for strategic land offensives against other countries.
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Russia has concentrated 462,000 soldiers and officers in Ukraine
Russia has no capabilities to conduct strategic land offensive operations against other countries
Russian ground forces units are staffed at 92-95%
35,000 Russian Guardsmen operate in temporarily occupied territories
Russian unit staffing previously dropped to 89-90% but recovered due to continued mobilization
Current troop levels enable rotations and recovery without new wave of mobilization
Russia has committed 462,000 ground force troops to Ukraine and lacks capability for strategic land offensive operations against other countries
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