Russia is planning the rotation of its officers in occupied areas in Donbas in eastern Ukraine to bolster the motivation of the Russian occupation forces, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine's Defense Ministry.
The rotation and amassing of Russian troops at the borders with Ukraine are related to constant drills aimed at working out the scenario of the invasion of Ukraine, military expert and journalist Yuriy Butusov says, according to Obozrevatel.
Unscheduled rotation of Russian military advisers and instructors is now under way in the divisions of the "1st Army Corps of the ‘DPR’" in a number of locations along the contact line (Horlivka, Dokuchaivsk, and Novoazovskiy district), as reported on Facebook by the coordinator of "Information Resistance" online community Dmytro Tymchuk.