The British Ministry of Defense said that “the city of Mariupol is facing a cholera outbreak and there is a significant shortage of medicines in Kherson”, and revealed that “the latest intelligence indicates that fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues into the city of Severodonetsk, while Russia is stepping up its military buildup to push south of the city of Izyum in eastern Ukraine.

In a daily military intelligence report, the ministry said “the advance of Russian troops towards Izyum has been halted since last April, after Ukrainian forces managed to repel and thwart Russian attacks there.”

The statement stated that “Russia tried to reassemble the grouping of eastern troops after the losses it suffered on the march to the capital Kyiv, which failed at the beginning of the war, but these forces have not yet reached their full combat capability and capacity.”

According to British intelligence, “Russia is seeking to restore the pace of its operations in this region in order to increase pressure on the city of Severodonetsk, and also to enable it to advance deep into the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.” .”

British intelligence reports have recently indicated that “the main goal that Russia is aiming to achieve at the present time is to control all of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, most of which Russia currently controls, as well as its complete control over the Primorsky city of Mariupol, located in the south-east of the country, 115 days after the start of the special operation on the territory of Ukraine.