Mashovets is one of my favorite sources, I have been following him for a while despite not speaking Ukrainian! One of the most interesting things he wrote today is the potential deployment of the 108th VDV Regiment in the Orikhiv sector - unlike the 56th Regiment, in this case we have no confirmation yet. It would be the third and last maneuver regiment of the 7th VDV Division to be brought along the line of contact in the South.

Even more curious is the fact that yesterday he mentioned the deployment to the Kherson Oblast of the 70th Motorized Division of the new 18th Army. It’s curious because, to my knowledge, there is no such formation. This is the first time I read about this army, not even from Russian sources I read anything about the intention to form it, unlike the 25th Army of the Central Military District and the 40th Corps of the Southern MD, that I had written about last week, which should see full readiness only by next year though. We shall see, it’s a very interesting matter. Do you have anything which could confirm this new 18th Army being created? The mobilized regiments generally are under the command of a “regular” brigade or a division; prior to the 25th mentioned above Russia had never created complex formations such as a new combined arms army.