The department noted that Russian invaders are concentrating in southern Ukraine in anticipation of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine or in preparation for a possible offensive. Columns of Russian military trucks, tanks, towed artillery and other weapons continue to be sent from Donbass to the southern regions. The invaders are also transferring their equipment from the captured Melitopol, Berdyansk, Mariupol and Crimea.
“Battalion tactical groups (BTGs), numbering from 800 to 1,000 troops, have been deployed to Crimea and will almost certainly be used to support Russian troops in the Kherson region. On August 2, a new BTG was deployed to Crimea, and BTGs are also being redeployed from the eastern group of forces Most likely, in the coming days they will be sent to the Kherson region,” the message says.
The British Ministry of Defense noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now concentrating their strikes on bridges, ammunition depots and railway lines. The Ukrainian military is increasingly destroying enemy logistics.
“The war between Russia and Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, when the fiercest fighting will move to the front line with a length of approximately 350 km, stretching south-west from Zaporozhye to Kherson, parallel to the Dnieper River,” according to British intelligence.
War of Russia against Ukraine. The main thing (updated)
Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24th. In early April, the invaders were expelled from the northern regions of Ukraine, fighting continues in the east and south of the country.
In the Donbas, the invaders are trying to completely capture the Luhansk region. The last major city in the region, Lisichansk, APU left on July 3.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine believes that the invaders will seize the Donetsk region will be “much more difficult” than the Luhansk. Donetsk region Armed forces of Ukraine control by 45%said the head of the regional administration Pavel Kirilenko July 2.
The operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “South” reported on May 28 that the Ukrainian military went on the counteroffensive on South. Troop advance in this region going slowly but surelytold the command on July 11.
Liberation of Kherson President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called the key goal Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south. As of August 2 in the Kherson region AFU liberated 53 settlements.
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