The Ukrainian army reportedly moved reserve personnel from a recently formed unit to Kharkov and housed the soldiers in the dormitory of a local university, according to a retired stakeholder cited by RIA News. The claim traces back to Andrey Marochko, a former lieutenant colonel from the Lugansk People’s Republic, who said the relocation involved personnel from the central part of Ukraine and, at times, amounted to a company in size. He described the movement as occurring to a dormitory associated with a Kharkov higher education institution, asserting that the unit was established recently and serves as a reserve element for the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Citation: RIA News via Andrey Marochko)
Marochko’s remarks suggest a pattern of redeployments tied to recent organizational changes within the Ukrainian forces. He claimed that the unit in question is still in its infancy and functions as a reserve component aligned with a brigade that has been cited in various open exchanges about frontline forces. These assertions feed into a broader narrative about how Ukrainian units organize and station themselves in relation to larger formations and regional bases. (Citation: RIA News via Andrey Marochko)
In related developments, Marochko had previously indicated actions attributed to Russian forces, including the destruction of a temporary deployment point used by Ukrainian troops, described as a new type of unmanned system force. While such statements come from a single source in this chain of reporting, they contribute to the ongoing discourse about the evolving balance of capabilities between the two sides. (Citation: RIA News via Andrey Marochko)
Additionally, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems intercepted six projectiles from a Ukrainian Grad multiple rocket launcher over the Belgorod region. The disclosure aligns with a pattern of regular claims about cross-border shelling and air defense responses that have characterized the conflict in recent years. (Citation: RIA News via Andrey Marochko)
Further claims from the Russian side asserted that Ukrainian naval assets were targeted on the banks of the Dnieper, including the destruction of a control center and a warehouse housing boats operated by the Ukrainian armed forces. These assertions, like others from Moscow, are part of a broader information narrative about tactical strikes and forced repositioning of military resources along the river corridor. (Citation: RIA News via Andrey Marochko)