Ministry of Defence says ‘extreme attrition’ and tensions between Russia’s military and Wagner mercenaries are probably behind failure of offensive
The leaders of the US and Canada, Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau, have met in Ottawa and reaffirmed their “steadfast support” for Ukraine just days after the Russian and Chinese presidents held their summit in Moscow.
“This is likely primarily a result of extreme attrition of the Russian force,” the ministry said in its latest intelligence briefing. “Ukraine has also suffered heavy casualties during its defence.”In other key developments just after 9am in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv: on the battlefield. A new report from the UN’s office of the high commissioner for human rights said its monitors had documented dozens of the executions by both sides, that the actual number was likely higher and that they “may constitute war crimes”.Moscow was readying for a Ukrainian counteroffensive
Three women were among at least five people killed after a Russian missile struck one of the “invincibility points” About 10,000 civilians, many of them elderly and with disabilities, are living in “very dire conditions” in and around Bakhmut
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