The Russian military contingent stationed in Kazakhstan refuses to leave the country and return to their places of permanent deployment. This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine..

According to the GUR, the formal reason for the refusal is the lack of special air transport, which is currently fully involved in the war against Ukraine..

However, according to intelligence, in fact, the Russian military does not want to join the occupation contingent.. At the same time, the command of the Russian Federation does not give up its intention to completely withdraw troops from the territory of Kazakhstan, which came there during the suppression of rallies against the authorities in January.

It is reported that this is about a thousand Russian servicemen with full weapons and equipment.. The soldiers are now deployed near the country's critical infrastructure, such as airfields, military training grounds, oil depots, as well as the Baikonur cosmodrome and others..

In addition, the GUR emphasized that the Russian Federation has almost completely withdrawn its military contingents with weapons and equipment from the territories of Tajikistan and Armenia in order to use them in hostilities against Ukraine..

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Earlier it was reported that Russian paratroopers massively refuse to leave to fight in Ukraine. The command replaces them with contract soldiers without officer ranks and combat experience.