Number of Russian occupiers in Ukraine exceeds 420,000 − Ukrainian Defence Intelligence
Pravda Ukraine
Russia has amassed over 420,000 troops in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) reports.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine news agency with reference to a statement by Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Chief of the DIU, during the annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv
Quote from the DIU official: “The Russian Federation has amassed over 420,000 troops in our temporarily occupied territories and on the Crimean Peninsula.