Ukraine: According to the British Defense Ministry, Russia has asked mercenaries to keep some of the frontline in Ukraine as a sign that it is running low on fighter infantry as Kyiv intensifies its counter-attack in the south. Is.
Another sign that Russia's military has been tense six months into its war in Ukraine is its over-reliance on paid fighters from the Russian private military company Wagner Group for front line duties, in contrast to their normal work in special operations.
In contrast, the British Defense Ministry said in an intelligence update that Wagner mercenaries were unlikely to compensate for the loss of regular infantry units or change the course of Russia's offensive.
"This marks a significant change from the group's previous employment since 2015, when it performed a generally open, largely separate mission from regular Russian military activity," the ministry posted on Twitter.
A mysterious group of mercenaries known as The Wagner Group is often referred to as Vladimir Putin's personal army. Wagner has also participated in the Syrian conflict and sent mercenaries to Sudan and the Central African Republic.
The Russians are currently fighting on the ground in several areas. According to UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace, Putin may turn to Plan D now that plans A, B and C have failed.
A mysterious group of mercenaries known as The Wagner Group is often referred to as Vladimir Putin's personal army. Wagner has also participated in the Syrian conflict and sent mercenaries to Sudan and the Central African Republic.
The Russians are currently fighting on the ground in several areas. According to UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace, Putin may turn to Plan D now that plans A, B and C have failed.
The Russian army quickly took control of the Kherson area after what Moscow referred to as "a special military operation" on 24 February. The invasion by Russia has been portrayed as a conquest-style imperial war by Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky estimates that 20% of Ukraine's territory has been lost so far.
"We will liberate our entire country by military, diplomatic and all other available means," he announced in a video message.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian military has severely damaged three bridges over Dnipro using long-range missile systems provided by the West, making it more difficult for Russia to supply its forces on the West Bank Is.
On Thursday, the target of its biggest retaliatory strike of the conflict, Ukraine claimed its planes had struck five Russian strongholds in the region of Kherson and another city.
Russia also bombed Kyiv's suburbs for the first time in a few weeks. Regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram that fifteen people were injured in missiles fired at military installations in the Vishorod district, on the outskirts of the capital.
As Ukraine's Zelensky and Lithuania's Gitanas Nauseda spoke in front of the legislature, air strike sirens sounded.
The attack destroyed a sense of normalcy that had returned to Kyiv after Russian forces abandoned their efforts to take the city in the early weeks of the conflict in the face of tough Ukrainian resistance.
More than ten Russian missiles also struck the Chernihiv region northeast of Kyiv on Thursday, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Chausov. Chernihiv had gone weeks without a goal, just like Kyiv.
According to the Northern District Command of Ukraine's military, more than 20 missiles were fired from a base in Belarus in the Chernihiv region bordering Russia. Belarus is a close ally of Russia.
While Russia struggles for control of the entire industrial Donbass region in the east, Ukraine is counterattacking in the south.
Donetsk province has recently been the scene of intense fighting. This has worsened recently as the Russian military resumed operations after capturing the neighboring province of Luhansk. The Donbass region is made up of both provinces.
According to Ukrainian emergency officials, two civilians were killed in a Russian bombing in the city of Toretsk. According to officials, two floors were destroyed when the missile hit a residential building there on Thursday morning.
Missile terror once again. We are not going to give up. Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrilenko said on Telegram: "We will not be intimidated.
According to military analysts, Russian forces are concentrating their efforts to capture Bakhmut and Siversk in Donetsk province.
The Kremlin dismissed as "fake" US figures that said 75,000 Russians have been killed or wounded in the war as it enters its sixth month.
Democratic lawmaker Alyssa Slotkin, who had previously attended a classified US government briefing on the war, was quoted by CNN on Wednesday in regards to the numbers.
The last time the Russian military disclosed its casualties was in March, when it stated that 1,351 soldiers had been killed in action and 3,825 had been injured.
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