UK Says Degraded Russian Forces Are Unlikely to Make Progress in Donbas; Russian battalion wiped out in failed river crossing in eastern Ukraine; Satellite images show Russian ship trying to dodge Ukrainian missiles; Ukraine Launches Counteroffensive to Disrupt Russian Supply Lines, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

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U.K. Says Degraded Russian Forces Are Unlikely to Make Progress in Donbas:

Russia has lost one third of the forces it launched into its attack on Ukraine in February and is unlikely to make significant progress in its stalled offensive in eastern Ukraine, the U.K.’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

Despite small advances, Russia’s progress in the Donbas region beyond the territory its proxy forces had occupied since 2014 has largely lost momentum and is now significantly behind schedule, the ministry wrote in its daily assessment of the military situation on the ground.

Recent losses of Russian bridging equipment, intelligence capability and unmanned drones have almost certainly exacerbated these delays, the ministry said. Bridging equipment in particular has been in short supply throughout the conflict, restricting Russian’s offensive capacities.

In these conditions, and with limited ability to rapidly replace lost materiel, demoralized Russian forces are unlikely to make significant gains in Donbas in the next month, the ministry concluded. --->READ MORE HERE

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Russian battalion wiped out in failed river crossing in eastern Ukraine:

Ukrainian forces wiped out nearly all the armored vehicles in a Russian battalion that attempted to cross a river in eastern Ukraine, British intelligence officials said Friday.

Burnt-out vehicles near the Siversky Donets River, which flows through the Donetsk and Luhansk, could be seen in satellite photographs.

“Conducting river crossings in a contested environment is a highly risky maneuver and speaks to the pressure the Russian commanders are under to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine,” the U.K. Ministry of Defense tweeted.

CNN obtained satellite images that indicate there is intense fighting near the site and that Ukrainians blew up two Russian pontoon bridges, only for the Russians to build a third. --->READ MORE HERE

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