War Against Ukraine: Russia's Losses Are As High As Those Of The Soviets In Afghanistan, According To Britain

The Russian Army losses in Ukraine are probably as high after just three months of war as those of the Red Army in the nine years of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. British intelligence experts appreciate this, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense in London on Monday. The high rate of losses is also increasing in the Russian offensive in Donbass. The reason for this is a combination of factors such as poor tactics, limited air superiority and lack of flexibility.

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British intelligence experts assume that the many Russian deaths are likely to be reflected in the public’s perception of the war in the country. “The Russian public has historically been sensitive to casualties in wars that were not imposed on the country,” the statement said. With an increasing number of deaths, dissatisfaction among Russians and the willingness to express it may also increase.

Ukrainian supporters strike back

Meanwhile, the Moscow-appointed mayor of the southern Ukrainian city energize was injured in an explosion. He has confirmation that pro-Russian mayor Andrei “Shevchik and his bodyguards were injured in the blast,” Dmytro Orlov, mayor-elect of Enerhodar in Ukraine, told Telegram on Sunday. They are in the hospital with “various injuries”. Otherwise, no one was hurt.

The Ukrainian military administration of the Zaporizhia region also reported on this. “The self-proclaimed head of the People’s Administration of Enerhodar, Andriy Shevchik, was injured by an explosion at the entrance to the building where his mother lives,” the agency said on its Telegram channel on Sunday night. It was a partisan attack directed at a contributor, he said.

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Enerhodar is located near Zaporizhia and is the site of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Russian troops took control in late February. On the opposite bank of the Dnieper River and a few kilometers to the north, Zaporizhia is still controlled by Ukraine.

Russian news agency Ria Novosti, citing an emergency services source, reported that Shevchik was in intensive care. According to security circles, the explosion was triggered by an “improvised explosive device”, as the news agency reported.

According to the Ukrainian military administration, the Russian occupation forces are now looking for two young men in a red Audi. They would also have reinforced the checkpoints. According to its own statements, the Russian investigative committee on Monday began a criminal case “for the crime of Ukrainian nationalists”.

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“Reported cases of Ukrainian party activity targeting collaborating officials and Russian artillery systems in Enerhodar and Melitopol indicate ongoing and organized Ukrainian resistance in occupied territories,” comments the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank that supports the military situation observed in the Ukraine. . In Melitopol, guerrillas reportedly blew up an occupant’s armored train a few days ago.

But there are also repeated reports of mysterious attacks and explosions from Russia itself. Then it broke only on May 21. at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute of Schukoswsky near Moscow a fire. A week earlier, there were attacks on three Russian army recruitment offices, and fires and explosions in government buildings were repeatedly reported in several cities.

In late April, oil deposits in the Russian city of Bryansk exploded

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Ukrainian military warns of activities on Belarusian border

Meanwhile, the former Soviet republic is moving Belarus, which so far has not actively participated in the Russian-Ukrainian war, according to information from Kiev, armed forces on the border together. “The Belarusian armed forces are carrying out increased reconnaissance and have established additional units in the border area,” the Ukrainian general staff said in its situation report on Monday. Thus, the danger of rockets and air strikes in Ukraine from Belarusian territory remains.

Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko did not participate with his own troops in the war against Ukraine that Russia started in late February. However, Russian troops were allowed to use the country as a staging area for the attack. Kiev therefore does not see Minsk as neutral and fears that Belarusian soldiers could potentially intervene in the conflict on Russia’s part. Lukashenko, who meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday, has always denied such intentions.

Two national guards visit the grave of a deceased soldier at the Kharkiv Cemetery in eastern Ukraine.

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in the fight in eastern Ukraine in itself, according to the General Staff, there are few changes: in the north of the Kharkov the Russians are trying to defend their positions, so further south they are preparing a new offensive against the city of Sloviansk. When trying to take the village of Dowgenke west of the strategically important road between Izyum and Sloviansk, the Russian military was repulsed.

According to Ukrainian information, the night attacks were also unsuccessful. Sieverodonetsk and Bachmut. In the area of Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka and towards Zaporizhia, hostilities subsided, said General Staff Spokesperson Olexandr Stupun. A total of eleven enemy attacks were repelled. Because of high losses, Russia now needs to reactivate decommissioned T-62 tanks to equip reserve units. The information could not be independently verified.

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According to Ukrainian deputy Dmytro Lubinets, the Russian occupation of eastern Ukraine, “erase entire towns and cities”. Above all, civilian infrastructure is under attack, Lubinets said on Monday on the ARD “Morgenmagazin”, according to the broadcaster’s translation. This affects the power supply and water pipes, but also schools and hospitals. “It seems that the Russians are not fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces, but against the whole people,” said the parliamentarian. Therefore, Ukraine is appealing to the international public to recognize the situation as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.

The Ukrainian government is making every effort to evacuation of the civilian population organize from the contested areas, Lubinets said. He rejected Moscow’s claim that Ukrainians were being taken safely into Russia. “Russian propaganda, as usual, distorts the facts,” said the politician. “The Russians are forcing people to evacuate to Russia – that is, with the use of force.” Many children were among those kidnapped.

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Meanwhile, according to a Putin aide, Russia is a resumption of conversations with Kiev ready. However, he sees Ukraine under pressure, Vladimir Medinski said Sunday night on Belarusian state television.

Medinsky also did not rule out a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. But this requires “serious preparation,” such as documents that presidents can then sign.

Initially, there was no reaction to statements from the Ukrainian side. Ukraine suspended talks to end the war on Tuesday.

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