While Russian forces are strengthening their defenses in southern Ukraine, conducting aerial reconnaissance and trying to prevent a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with airstrikes, fighting continues in the eastern operational zone. Despite the intention to keep the previously occupied territories, the military leadership of the Russian Federation did not abandon its intention to capture the entire Donetsk region, the press service of the British Ministry of Defense reports..

Over the past month of hostilities in the Donetsk region, Russian troops failed to capture the entire region or create an encirclement of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Bakhmut can be considered the most successful direction for the occupiers. 30 days later, after the capture of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, the Russians were able to advance about ten kilometers to Bakhmut.

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In other directions, the successes of the occupying forces are much more modest.. Despite numerous attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense line, they failed to advance more than three kilometers.. Apparently, this is much less than the military command of the Russian Federation planned..

In addition, even the intensive use of artillery did not help to compensate for the gap that arose due to the fact that the Russians did not manage to create combat-ready combat infantry in sufficient numbers to ensure an effective offensive..

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Does not contribute to the fulfillment of the assigned tasks and constant reshuffles in the top military leadership of the Russian army. British intelligence has reported at least six sacked Russian commanders since the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.