DrAccording to British intelligence experts, Russia’s difficulties in its progress in Ukraine are also due to the weakness of its air power. It is very likely that this is one of the most important factors behind Russia’s very limited successes, an update from the British Ministry of Defense said on Monday. So far, the Air Force has tended to avoid risks in its maneuvers and has not been able to achieve air superiority. This increased the pressure on the Russian ground forces, which were now increasingly exhausted.
According to British estimates, the Russians had combat-capable aircraft, but they were not properly trained for modern air force operations. For years, it has been argued that Russian Air Force training has focused more on impressing senior military officials than on dynamic deployment scenarios for different forces.
Since the start of the Russian War of Aggression about four months ago, the British government has regularly published intelligence about the course. Moscow accuses London of launching a purposeful disinformation campaign.
According to American military experts, the Russian attack force is not enough to capture Severodonetsk
According to the latest analysis of Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Russia’s superiority in artillery is not enough to seize the administrative center Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. Military experts said that „Russia’s concentrated artillery capacity, combined with weak infantry units, is arguably still insufficient for a Russian advance in Severodonetsk.” Russian forces continued to fight for control of the city, but made little progress on Sunday.
According to experts, Russia will likely continue its attempt to encircle the former city and cut off supplies to the remaining Ukrainian forces, largely holed up at the Azot chemical plant. However, there is currently little progress on this project. In addition, Moscow is preparing to attack Sloviansk Before. The Slovjansk-Kramatorsk region is the center of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Donbass region.
According to ISW, Moscow itself is hampering the success of its invasion by continuing to talk of a „special military operation” rather than war. This prevents Russia from mobilizing to generate more troops. In addition, the Kremlin lacks the legal means to punish soldiers who refuse to deploy.
The situation at the chemical plant in Severodonetsk „hell”
On the other hand, the situation in the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Severodonetsk in Luhansk is becoming increasingly desperate, according to the governor. „It’s just hell out there,” Governor Sarhaj Hajjaj said of the fighting at the Azut chemical plant. „Everything is on fire… the bombing doesn’t stop even for an hour.”
About 500 civilians barricaded themselves in the chemical plant in the industrial district of Sevarodontsk with an unknown number of militants. It is the only place in the city of Severodonetsk that the Russians have not yet controlled, Hagdayi wrote to the Associated Press. Moscow constantly sends new reinforcements there.
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The Ukrainian authorities also acknowledged the loss of the village on Monday metulkin, southeast of Sieverodonetsk. „I lost control of Metyolkine near Sieverodonetsk,” Military Governor Heidi said in his Telegram channel.
Also the sister city of Serodonetsk, Lyschansk, on the west bank of the river Severskyi Donets came under fire. Evacuations of civilians are still going on in the city. According to Hajjaj, there are also fierce battles around the suburbs Tochkevka And the UstenivkaHe wrote, „Because the Orcs want to make a breakthrough there and have focused large amounts of military technology there for this purpose.”
Ukrainian officials often use the derogatory term „Orcs” from the „Lord of the Rings” trilogy for Russian troops.
Wounded as a result of the renewed shelling of the Russian border area
In the Russian West Bryansk region According to official information, a man was hit by artillery fire on the border with Ukraine. “This morning local Susimka „One person was „hurt” and several „things” were damaged,” the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomas, said in his Telegram channel.
The victim is said to be an employee of a local energy supplier. He sustained minor skin injuries from shrapnel. A single-family home and two apartment buildings were damaged. In addition, the village was partially paralyzed.
Russia, which launched a war of aggression against Ukraine in February, regrets the bombing of its border regions for weeks. In this context, the wording of the Pujomas is scathing. „The bombing was in retaliation,” wrote the governor, but the source of the fire was quickly neutralized. It follows the bombing of Ukraine in the past from Russian territory.
Silinsky warns of more violent Russian attacks in Ukraine
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of more violent Russian attacks in Ukraine. „Of course we expect Russia to increase its hostile activity this week,” Zelensky said in his evening video message Sunday evening. He added, „We are preparing. We are ready.”
The Ukrainian president also stressed the importance of the pending decision by the EU member states on his country’s possible status as a candidate. Zelensky said a few decisions were „very fateful for Ukraine”. „Only a positive decision is in the interest of all of Europe,” he added.
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