That is according to a latest the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine, The Guardian reports.
As the update reads, in the north-east, Ukraine continues to put "significant" resources into the area around Bakhmut, which fell to Russia after months of bloody fighting in May, the MoD said. Russian forces there were "likely fragile" but "holding for now".
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Russian forces are also attempting to push west through forests west of Kremina, the MoD said.
"In the south, Ukraine continues to attack on at least two axes, but is unlikely to have yet broken into Russia’s primary defensive lines, " it continued.
Crews of 2C1 Gvozdika and 2C3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems of Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo during combat operations in Donetsk region / Photo: Oleg Petrasyuk
The UK Ministry of Defense also estimates, that russia was likely to have implemented a "shell-rationing regime" for its artillery there, it said, while its commanders in Kherson were also probably concerned by a small Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River, which could leave their south-western flank vulnerable.
As Defense Express reported, the UK Defense Intelligence Said russia’s Military Leadership were Facing an Increasing Problems. We also wrote that russia was Suffering From a Worsening Shortage of Counter-Battery Radars.
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