repositioning, would that be by small do you mean less than a battalion tactical group? i would this is very early on, bob. so we don t have a number estimate. but it s certainly not a significant chunk of the multiple battalion tactical groups that russia has arrayed against kyiv. we can confirm that we ve seen a small number start to reposition, but i d really be reticent to get into an exact number or try to put a unit on it. it s not anywhere near a majority of what they have arrayed against kyiv. when you say repositioning, can you say i mean, are they moving like north into belarus or are they repositioning for what you described as potentially an offensive somewhere else? i would say at this early stage we see the movement more northward. but again, it s too early to tell, bob, what the destination is, what the final purpose is
seeing small numbers of russian troops moving, you say they re repositioning. would that be by small, do you mean less than a battalion tactical group? this is very early on. we don t have a number estimate. it s certainly not a significant chunk of the multiple battalion tactical groups that russia has arrayed against kyiv. so we can confirm that we ve seen a small number start to reposition. i d be reticent to put a unit on it. it s not nearly where near the majority of the units in kiev. are they moving like north to belarus or repositioning for what you described as an offensive somewhere else? i would say at this early stage, we see the movement more northward. it s too early to tell what the
it s not prudent for me to do it and we don t have exact details of where every battalion tactical group is. i couldn t tell you how many troops are arrayed against kyiv versus kharkiv and chernihiv and certainly in the donbas. what i can tell you is the vast majority of the assembled force that we saw against kyiv is still there. we ve only seen a small number begin to move away from kyiv, mostly to the north. we ll watch this over the course of the coming days and to the degree we can describe for you what we ve seen we ll do that. we have seen even before the russians said that they were going to prioritize the donbas in the east, we saw them begin to pick unthe pace there. more aggressive operations, more active campaigning against towns and villages in the donbas. that continues today. but look, i mean, the donbas has been a hot war for the last eight years. and we definitely have seen the
not to lay out russian operations. it not prudent for me to do it and we don t have exact details of where every battalion tactical group is. i couldn t tell you how many trooped are arrayed in the donbas. what i can tell you is the vast majority of the assembled force that we saw against kyiv is still there. we have only seen a small number begin to move away from kyiv. mostly to the north. we ll watch this over the course of the coming days and to the degree we can describe for you what we re seeing, we ll do that we have seen even before the russians said that they were going to prioritize the donbas, we saw them pick up the pace there. more aggressive operations, more active campaigning against towns and villages in the donbas. that continues today. the donbas has been a hot war
battalion tactical groups moving that way. have you seen evidence of battalion tactical group moving to the east at this point or are they still in that resupply movement? on your first question, i won t we put a read-out of the call. i m not going to go in to more detail than that. you can safely assume every time he has a chance to talk with the minister, he invites him to offer whatever needs he has. that s a routine part of their discussions. sometimes he doesn t need to offer that. the minister mentions the kinds of capabilities they re looking for. you can imagine that with ukraine under attack the way it is that those two leaders would not miss an opportunity when chatting with one another to talk about requirements and capabilities. i wouldn t get into more detail about specifics.