# Expert: Kyiv amassing reserves and nationalist units in occupied Donbass

https://mins.news/en/item/40587

- TASS, 2026-09-01 15:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2180559

> Military expert Andrey Marochko says Ukraine’s armed forces command is concentrating reserves and nationalist units in the occupied part of Donbass. Russian General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov previously said holding the remaining Donbass territory was Kyiv’s main strategic objective. Marochko also said Ukraine had ordered more drone strikes deep inside Russia.

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