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Russia is moving reserve forces to Ukraine’s border in what British intelligence warned on Saturday was preparing for future offensive operations. Britain’s Ministry of Defense said intelligence suggested Russia was relying on MT-LB armored vehicles previously held in long-term storage facilities to transport an unspecified number of reservists across its shared border with Ukraine. The strategy echoes the aggressive stance taken before its invasion earlier this year. A convoy of pro-Russian troops moves along a street in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, April 21. (REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov) UKRAINIAN ‘VOLUNTEER MEMBERS’ ARRIVE IN UK FOR MILITARY TRAINING TO BOOST RESISTANCE AGAINST RUSSIA It remains unclear whether these vehicles would then be used for another ground invasion, but according to UK officials, Moscow has historically been reluctant to rely on such equipment. “Russia has long considered them unsuitable for most front-line infantry transport roles,” the Defense Ministry said in a tweet on Saturday. “Originally designed in the 1950s as a tractor to haul artillery, it has very limited armor and mounts only one machine gun for protection.” Russia reportedly relied on BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in its initial invasion, which, in stark contrast, were fitted with one-inch-thick armor and mounted a “powerful” 30mm autocannon – which is a fully automatic weapon similar to with a machine gun. fires shells instead of bullets – along with an anti-tank missile launcher. A Russian military convoy stands on the road to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday, May 1. (AP) UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS INCREASE IN VOLUNTEERS AT WAR WITH RUSSIA “Despite President Putin’s claim on July 7 that the Russian military has ‘not even begun’ its efforts in Ukraine, many of its reinforcements are ad hoc teams, deployed with outdated or unsuitable equipment,” the Defense Ministry said. The intelligence update was published as Ukrainian force recruits head to Britain for military training, where they will also be fitted with body armour, boots and clothing suitable for Ukraine’s field conditions on their return to the front line. The decision to intensively train Ukraine’s youngest recruits, all of whom have little or no military experience, comes just weeks after Ukraine said it was losing between 100 and 200 soldiers every day. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Ukrainian soldiers climb into a combat vehicle outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 2, 2022. As Russian forces withdraw from the region of the Ukrainian capital, retreating troops are creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving landmines around houses , abandoned equipment and even the bodies of those who were killed,” President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) It is not clear what kind of casualties Russia is taking as it wants to bring in reinforcements. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry claimed that more than 37,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the fighting, but the numbers have not been verified by international defense officials. Caitlin McFall is a reporter for Fox News Digital. She can be reached at [email protected] or @ctlnmcfall on Twitter.