In the last 24 hours, fierce battles took place in three directions of the front in Ukraine: in the north near Kharkov, in the east in the Donbass and in the south in the Kherson region.

According to British intelligence, Russia probably planned to make a maximum effort to attack Bakhmut in the Donbass, but the commanders were faced with a dilemma: deploy operational reserves to support this offensive or defend against the Ukrainian offensive in the south..

“Several simultaneous threats on a 500-kilometer front will test Russia’s ability to coordinate an operational plan and redistribute resources between several groupings of forces.. At the beginning of the war, Russia's inability to do this was one of the main reasons for the poor performance of the military, ”said analysts at the British Ministry of Defense..

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 7 September 2022Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/uMpaVHvewn? #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/hwazhGYNV8.

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