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- Russia has deployed Africa Corps units to aid its offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, UK Intel says.
- The Africa Corps, created in December 2023, includes former Wagner Group mercenaries.
- Russia is currently advancing on two fronts in Ukraine's east, and in the northern Kharkiv region.
Russian units from the Ministry of Defense's Africa Corps are now fighting in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, according to the latest UK Defense Intelligence update.
Moscow "has deployed units from the Russian MOD's Africa Corps alongside regular Russian forces and Storm-Z units during their offensive on Vovchansk, northern Khrakiv," the UK Ministry of Defence said on X.