Russia is seeking additional resources, such as private military companies, Syrian and other hires, to hold temporarily occupied territories.
This was reported by the U.K. Ministry of Defense on Twitter.
According to the information, Russia is trying to find militaries to support existing forces and make up for its losses in Ukraine.
"Russia is redeploying forces from as far afield as the Eastern Military District, the Pacific Fleet and Armenia. It is also increasingly seeking irregular resources such as private military companies, Syrian and other mercenaries."
Russia is likely to try to use these forces to hold captured territory and free up its combat power to resume halted offensive operations," the agency said.
