The UK Department of Defense indicated that “the latest intelligence indicates that Russian forces have made progress on the ground in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.”

In its daily military intelligence report, the ministry said that “Russian troops have taken control of the city of Hajurvika, continuing attacks on the main road leading to the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk,” noting that “Russian soldiers are currently continuing to put pressure on Ukrainian forces, in while they reorganize their ranks and formation to launch new attacks in the near future.”

The report pointed out that “the lack of military personnel experienced by the Russian armed forces may push the Ministry of Defense to unconventional ways to recruit new elements, including recruiting convicts through the Russian Wagner Group, which indicates difficulties in compensating for the losses” of its soldiers who were wounded or killed in battles in Ukraine”.

And British military intelligence earlier this week confirmed that “Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country and mobilizing them near Ukraine to conduct new operations in the future.”

Russia currently controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory, as it tightened control over much of the east and south of the country about four and a half months after the start of its military operation in Ukraine on March 24 last year. February.