Ukraine: After significant territorial losses to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky replaced a top military commander in eastern Ukraine.
Hryhory Hlahan was fired by Zelensky, then Viktor Horenko was named as the new commander of the Ukrainian Army Special Operations Forces.
Since August 2020, Major General Halahan, 44, has served as the unit's commander in the Eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He will play the role of Deputy Director of the Counter-Terrorism Center in the SBU Intelligence Service.
The Luhansk region is no longer under Ukrainian control after the Russian invasion on 24 February. Russian forces have taken control of about 50% of the neighboring Donetsk region, and Ukraine is concerned that some of its personnel may have cooperated with the enemy.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago, a standoff appears to be developing. Initially, Ukraine did a good job of preventing Russia from occupying Kyiv, forcing Moscow to focus on the eastern regions where pro-Russian separatists had been fighting for years.
According to general employees in Kyiv, the Vuhlhirsk coal-fired power station in Donetsk, which has been under attack for several days, has succeeded.
However, Kyiv reported that Russian attacks against the cities of Bakhmut and Siversk were repulsed on the nearby front.
According to Ukraine, Russian forces also launched additional attacks against the Slovensk-Kramatorsk region of Donetsk, although most of their efforts were repulsed.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported intense artillery and Russian air strikes in Kherson in the south. It was impossible to independently verify the information.
In its daily Ukraine report on Monday, British Intelligence said: "In addition to its well-documented personnel problems, Russia is likely struggling to evacuate and repair thousands of combat vehicles that may have been damaged in action in Ukraine. "
The main issue is that while Ukraine gains access to more advanced weapons for war, Russia is always forced to use older tanks, weapons and missiles, according to a person close to the Russian Defense Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the conversation was private.
Since receiving the weapon last month, Ukraine said on Monday, its forces have destroyed 50 Russian ammunition depots using US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems. Russia did not comment, but according to its defense ministry, its forces destroyed a HIMARS system ammunition depot.
A Ukrainian counter-offensive could be launching in the southern Kherson region, the Institute for the Study of War suggested in its daily report on the fighting, published on Sunday.
According to Zelensky, battlefield casualties in Ukraine have dropped from a peak of 100 to 200 per day in May and June to about 30 per day.
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