For the sixty-first day, the defenders of Mariupol continue to fight against the forces of the enemy, superior in number. Russian military units are bogged down in battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city and have significantly depleted their combat potential, writes the press service of the British Ministry of Defense..

According to British intelligence, since the beginning of the " Without sufficient logistic and combat support, a significant breakthrough in the JFO zone by the occupying forces did not occur..

Russia's decision to besiege, rather than attack, the Azovstal Mariupol steel plant means that many Russian units remain in the city and cannot be redeployed..

Thanks to the desperate actions of the defenders of Mariupol, the combat capability of the military units of the Russian Federation has been significantly reduced, and the reserves have been depleted..

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Also, the Ministry of Defense of Russia proposed to give military powers to control cash payments to the families of dead servicemen, instead of civilian officials. Probably, such a decision is aimed at concealing the real number of losses of personnel of the Russian army..

Recall that in Mariupol, the occupiers resort to direct blackmail of the mothers of prisoners.