INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A significant Ukrainian offensive to recapture Russian-occupied territories in its southern regions is seen as increasingly unlikely by
officials have repeatedly threatened an imminent attempt to recapture the city of Kherson, which was seized by Russian troops shortly after
has transferred thousands of soldiers from eastern to southern Ukraine in recent weeks, reportedly including some of its elite airborne
Each Russian battalion tactical group has up to 1,000 men.About 20,000 Russian soldiers are now in Kherson itself, according to
vehicles across the Dnipro River in Kherson region.TASSApparently fearing Kherson could be cut off, Russia has reportedly slowed down its
depend on two pontoon ferry crossing points for resupply after Ukrainian missile attacks seriously damaged key bridges, the British Defense
Ministry said in a weekend intelligence assessment.Instead of pushing forward with a major ground assault, Kyiv has switched to a strategy
number of explosions allegedly carried out by Ukrainian saboteurs destroyed a Russian ammunition depot and power infrastructure in Crimea
TASSInstead, they suggest, Ukrainian officials talked up the prospect of an imminent attack in an effort to lure Russian forces away from
became important in terms of morale and to reduce concentration of Russian firepower in the Donbas to start talking about a counter in the
of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk
significant manpower losses with as many as 75,000 Russian troops injured or killed in Ukraine since the start of the fighting in February,
