Russia is moving troops to Ukraine from the occupied regions of Georgia, CNN writes, citing a senior US Department of Defense official.. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the aggressor has suffered serious losses, and now needs reinforcements.

“The Russian military is moving troops stationed in Georgia to Ukraine as reinforcements. The United States is recording the movement of a certain number of troops from Georgia,” the interlocutor of journalists emphasized..

The Pentagon refused to name the number of deployed troops. The US defense department does not yet know which areas they will send reinforcements to, but taking into account the information received in previous days, they believe that this could be the Donbass and eastern Ukraine.

In addition, the Russian Federation is transferring part of its Black Sea Fleet to the Sea of \u200b\u200b\\u200b\\u200bAzov.

According to the US, in the Black Sea, the Russian Federation has 15 warships and seven amphibious ships (used to land and support marines during an amphibious attack).

According to the interlocutor of journalists, such reinforcements are intended to intensify attacks on Mariupol, there are no similar movements towards Odessa.

“The Russians can use these ships to launch a missile attack on Ukraine, but the US has not yet seen them do this,” he notes..