As fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine, British intelligence reports showed that Russian precision-guided missiles had run out, so that Moscow relied on its old arsenal of weapons, while its forces made no significant progress. Adjacent to the city of Sorodontsk, Ukraine.
British military intelligence says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces are using old weapons systems against targets in eastern Ukraine.
In its latest update on the war in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces may have used dozens of KH-22 anti-ship missiles from the 1960s as part of their attacks.
The Department of Defense said on Twitter that the heavy bombs were “very inaccurate” and were likely to cause casualties and civilian casualties.
(6/6) Russia is resorting to such inefficient weapons systems because modern missiles do not have more accurate missiles, and Ukraine’s air defense is still attacking its tactical aircraft from all over the country.
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“Russia is likely to resort to inefficient weapons systems because it lacks the most accurate modern missiles, while Ukraine’s air defense continues to prevent tactical strikes in most parts of the country,” he added.
The military report comes as heavy street clashes continue in the strategic city of Sorodontsk in eastern Luhansk Oblast, with heavy casualties on both sides.
The British Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that Russian forces near the Ukrainian city of Sorodontsk had not made any progress until Friday in the south of the city.
“Extreme street-to-street clashes continue and large numbers of casualties are expected from both sides,” the ministry said.
The latest update of defense information on the situation in Ukraine – June 11, 2022
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A local Ukrainian governor said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were maintaining their position in the eastern city of Sorodontsk, where street clashes are raging and Russians are dying “like flies”, but they are facing a “catastrophic” shortage of artillery. .
The battle between the ruins of Sorodontsk, a small industrial town, has turned into one of the bloodiest wars with Russia concentrating its conquest in the east, with both sides claiming heavy casualties.
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