Russia struggling to sustain effective offensive combat power in Ukraine – UK’s Defence Ministry

“Russia has struggled to sustain effective offensive combat power since the start of the invasion and this problem is likely becoming increasingly acute,” the British Ministry of Defence posted on Twitter.

It is noted that as well as dealing with severe under-manning, Russian planners face a dilemma between deploying reserves to the Donbas or defending against Ukrainian counterattacks in the southwestern Kherson sector.

Russia’s stated immediate policy objective is to seize all of Donetsk region, the UK’s Ministry of Defence underscores.

“While Russia may still make further territorial gains, their operational tempo and rate of advance is likely to be very slow without a significant operational pause for reorganisation and refit,” says the report.

As reported, the Ukrainian troops eliminated about 38,550 Russian invaders between February 24 and July 19.

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