The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase, the heaviest battles will move to the South – British intelligence
The full-scale war on the territory of Ukraine is entering a new phase, during which the heaviest battles will take place in the south of our country.
Such data was published by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain with reference to the data of British intelligence.
– Russia’s war against Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, when the fiercest battles will move to the front line approximately 350 km long, which stretches southwest from Zaporizhzhia to Kherson parallel to the Dnipro River, – the message emphasizes.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – August 6, 2022
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It was specified in the intelligence that the Russian Federation continues to move long convoys of military trucks, tanks, artillery and other weapons from the Ukrainian Donbas to the southwest of our country.
In addition, there are data on the transfer of weapons from the cities of Melitopol, Berdyansk, and Mariupol temporarily captured by the occupiers, as well as from the Russian mainland through the Kerch Bridge to the occupied Crimea.
– Russian forces are almost certainly concentrating in the south in anticipation of Ukraine’s counteroffensive or as part of preparations for a possible offensive, – the intelligence agency said.
Battalion tactical groups (BTG) numbering from 800 to 1,000 people were transferred to the occupied Crimea. The intelligence says that they will “almost certainly” be used to strengthen Russian troops in the Kherson region. In particular, one of the battalion groups arrived in Crimea on August 2.
Currently, the BTG is being redeployed from the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation.
– Most likely, they will be sent to the Kherson region in the coming days, – according to intelligence.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army is now focusing its efforts on strikes on bridges, ammunition depots and railways in the southern regions of Ukraine. The specified goals cover the strategically important railway line that connects Kherson with Crimea.
In this way, the Armed Forces of Ukraine want to disrupt and block the logistical means of providing the Russian troops. Attacks on warehouses, bridges and railway junctions will not allow the occupiers to replenish their supplies.
According to analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Armed Forces are likely to begin seizing the strategic initiative in the war and forcing the Russians to redeploy forces in response to a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Source: Ministry of Defense of Great Britain
