Russia is moving additional personnel to its 102nd military base in Gyumri, Armenia, according to a statement by Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR). The agency says troops are being redeployed from Russia’s Rostov and Volgograd regions as well as from Crimea, while volunteers are being recruited in North Ossetia and Adygea. The reported buildup comes as tensions between Armenia and neighbouring Azerbaijan escalate. Moscow maintains a long-standing military presence in Armenia under a bilateral defense agreement, but the fresh transfers suggest the Kremlin is reinforcing its position in the South Caucasus region. Russia has not commented on the claim, and the scale of the deployment has not been independently verified. However, any significant change to force levels could complicate fragile cease-fire arrangements brokered by Russia after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and heighten regional security concerns.