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The UK Ministry of Defence’s latest intelligence report says Russian forces are facing “considerable challenges”.
“Russia has been forced to merge and redeploy depleted and disparate units from the failed advances in north-east Ukraine”, it says, and “many of these units are likely suffering from weakened morale”.
“Russia hopes to rectify issues that have previously constrained its invasion by geographically concentrating combat power, shortening supply lines and simplifying command and control,” the MOD says.
It adds that Russian forces face “shortcomings in tactical co-ordination”, a “lack of unit-level skills” and “inconsistent air support”.
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