"Since mid-September 2023, Russia has highly likely committed elements of its new 25th Combined Arms Army (25 CAA) to action for the first time."
This information is reported in the intelligence overview from the British Ministry of Defense dated September 27.
Intelligence analysts note that since mid-September, Russia has likely deployed specific units from the newly formed 25th Combined Arms Army to the frontlines.
There is information that the 67th Motorized Rifle Division and the 164th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade are participating in combat operations in an area west of Severodonetsk and Kreminna, on the border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
"Since the start of the invasion, Russia has only rarely maintained an uncommitted army-size grouping which could potentially form the basis of a major new offensive thrust. With 25 CAA apparently being deployed piecemeal to reinforce the over-stretched line, a concerted new Russian offensive is less likely over the coming weeks," the intelligence report states.
