The Russian military, together with employees of the Federal Security Service, checked the combat capability of motorized rifle brigades in the occupied Transnistria (Moldova), reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

" The units being inspected are not ready to conduct combat operations, ”the summary of March 17 says..

For 53 days of a full-scale war, Russia has suffered considerable losses in manpower in Ukraine, and is trying to replenish the reserve from all possible sources.. One of them is the territories of other states occupied by Russia, where the aggressor periodically tries to mobilize.