Russian forces have flattened the front line at Kundryativka in Sumy, marking the failure of Ukrainian forces' one-month counteroffensive in Sumy. After a lot of effort, the Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses but gained nothing. The Russian naval infantry and paratroopers' attacks in Sumy not only captured territory but also attracted a large number of elite Ukrainian troops to Sumy, effectively supporting the operations of other Russian fronts.
Recently, the reinforcements sent by the Ukrainian army to Sumy and Kharkiv have mostly been border guard units rather than field units. For example, the recent Ukrainian reinforcements sent to the northeastern direction of Kharkiv, Melovoye, are all border guard units, including the 6th Lutsk Border Guard Detachment, the 7th Carpathian Border Guard Detachment, the 10th Independent Border Combat Detachment, the 27th Mukachevo Carpathian Hero Border Guard Detachment, the 31st Chernivtsi Border Guard Detachment, and the 105th Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment. These border guard detachments, as their names suggest, are almost all transferred from western Ukraine to the east, crossing the entire Ukraine. This situation clearly demonstrates the extent of the shortage of Ukrainian military personnel.
With a large number of border guard units being withdrawn from the Ukrainian border, the defense forces in the border areas will inevitably be significantly reduced, making it easier for men of conscription age in Ukraine to flee abroad than before.
In terms of structure, the Ukrainian border guard detachments are equivalent to brigade-level units. However, when reinforcing, the Ukrainian army usually does not send an entire brigade or detachment, but rather detaches a company from each brigade or detachment. Therefore, do not be deceived by the number of designations; the actual number of troops is not significant.
The Ukrainian border guard forces are basically at the level of maintaining local public order. Now, they are being deployed into brutal field warfare, and the casualties will not be small.
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