Nearly 1,000 people linked to the Russian-sponsored Wagner paramilitary group are in the Donbas in Ukraine. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby during a briefing, reports CNN..

The United States noticed that the activity of Russian troops in the Donbas has increased "

" We noticed that they are prioritizing airstrikes in the region,"

He also stressed that the " Recall that over the past 24 hours, about 20% of the Russian troops surrounding Kyiv from the north and northwest relocated rather than retreated.. Earlier, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that part of the Russian units withdrawn by the Russian Federation from the Kiev and Chernihiv regions will be redeployed to the Kharkiv and Donetsk directions..