River crossings pose an enormous downside for Russia, UK says
This {photograph} taken on April 29, 2022 reveals a destroyed railway bridge, over the Siverskyi Donets river, in Raygorodok, japanese Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia must conduct tough river crossings to attain success within the Donbas area of japanese Ukraine — and that is unlikely to be simple, the U.Okay.’s ministry of protection stated in its newest intelligence replace on Monday.
Noting that the battle round Severodonetsk “continued to rage” over the weekend, the U.Okay. stated on Twitter that “over the approaching months, river crossing operations are prone to be among the many most essential figuring out elements in the midst of the conflict.”
The important thing, 90 kilometer-long central part of Russia’s frontline within the Donbas lies to the west of the Siverskyi Donets river. To realize success within the present operational part of its Donbas offensive, “Russia is both going to have to finish bold flanking actions, or conduct assault river crossings,” the U.Okay. stated.
Ukrainian forces have a method of demolishing bridges earlier than they withdraw, whereas Russia has struggled to place in place the advanced coordination essential to conduct profitable, giant scale river crossings underneath fireplace, the U.Okay. famous.
— Holly Ellyatt
Russians assault Severodonetsk in a battle ‘for each meter,’ Zelenskyy says
A broken constructing is pictured in Lysychansk as black smoke and grime rise from the close by metropolis of Severodonetsk throughout battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops within the japanese Ukraine area of Donbas on June 9, 2022.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that preventing is extreme in Severodonetsk, a metropolis within the Luhansk province that has turn out to be the epicenter of the battle in japanese Ukraine.
“The occupiers key tactical aim has not modified. They’re urgent in Severodonetsk, extreme preventing is happening there — actually each meter,” he stated, including that Russian forces are additionally urgent in the direction of different cities together with Lysychansk, Bakhmut and Sloviansk.
In his common handle to the nation, Zelenskyy added that the Russian military was making an attempt to deploy reserve forces into the Donbas, the japanese Ukrainian area that Russia goals to grab and absolutely occupy. Russia characterizes its invasion as searching for to “liberate” the Donbas and two self-proclaimed pro-Russian “republics” there.
Zelenskyy stated Russia would doubtless “attempt to throw into the battle poorly skilled conscripts and those that have been recruited by covert mobilization,” saying such troops have been simply “cannon fodder” for Russian generals.
Russian troops have been making an attempt to encircle and seize Severodonetsk for a while. Shedding the town can be a key blow for Ukraine as it’s the final metropolis within the Luhansk province nonetheless held by its forces.
The governor of Luhansk stated Sunday that Russian forces had blown up bridges linking Severodonetsk with Lysychansk throughout the river, with the remaining bridge at essential threat of collapsing, chopping off a potential evacuation route for civilians.
— Holly Ellyatt
Russian forces making an attempt to push Ukrainian troops again from Kharkiv
A Ukrainian artilleryman masses a BM-21 Grad a number of rocket launcher close to Izyum, south of Kharkiv, on June 11, 2022 amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian forces are persevering with their efforts to push Ukrainian troops again from contested frontlines northeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis.
Within the newest army replace from Ukraine’s armed forces, spokesman for the Normal Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Shtupun stated that Russian items proceed to focus their efforts “on conducting positional protection” and stopping Ukrainian troops from advancing in the direction of the border with Russia.
Ukraine’s forces stated final month that they’d pushed Russian troopers again from the town of Kharkiv so far as the border, however Russia regrouped and renewed its assaults on the town and surrounding area a number of weeks in the past.
Analysts on the Washington-based assume tank, the Institute for the Examine of Struggle, issued an replace on Sunday by which in addition they famous that Russian forces have been doubtless persevering with “to push Ukrainian forces again from contested frontlines in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast [province], and shelled Ukrainian positions in and round Kharkiv Metropolis.”
The route of Russia’s assault on the Kharkiv space “signifies that Russian forces are regularly making an attempt to push Ukrainian forces southwest of the present line of contact to stop additional advances towards the Russian border,” it added.
— Holly Ellyatt
