This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.According to intelligence, the personnel of the base are being formed from Russian Armed Forces servicemen stationed in Russia’s Rostov and Volgograd regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied Crimea.In addition, the Kremlin is actively recruiting volunteers from among the oppressed peoples of the Caucasus — particularly in North Ossetia and Adygea.Read also Russia likely to attack Azerbaijan in coming years — journalist Portnikov"The deployment of Russian troops in Armenia is part of the Kremlin’s comprehensive strategy aimed at destabilizing the global security situation. Alongside inciting interethnic conflict, Moscow is increasing its military presence in the Caucasus. It is likely that the deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia was pre-planned," stated Andriy Yusov, representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence.HUR emphasized that Ukrainian intelligence continues to monitor the movement of Russian troops, both inside Russia and beyond its borders.What is happening between Russia and AzerbaijanOn June 28, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan urgently contacted the Russian authorities. The reason was the events of June 27 in Yekaterinburg (Ural region, Russia).On June 30, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a special operation that resulted in the detention of two FSB agents who worked at Russia’s Sputnik agency — a branch of the Rossiya Segodnya media group in Baku. In response, Moscow summoned the Azerbaijani ambassador.On July 1 in Baku, following the Ministry of Internal Affairs operation at the Azerbaijani branch of Russia’s propaganda outlet RT Sputnik Azerbaijan, executive director Igor Kartavykh and editor-in-chief Yevgeny Belousov were arrested. They were accused of being FSB agents.Also on the same day, Azerbaijan’s law enforcement and judicial system detained, interrogated, and held court sessions to determine pre-trial measures for eight Russian citizens.On July 2, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russian ambassador Mikhail Yevdokimov and issued a formal protest over unfriendly actions that "damaged relations between the two countries."On July 4, it became known that Elshan Ibragimov, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Moscow region, had been stripped of Russian citizenship.