While the Russia forces seem unable to make any significant gains?
Neither have the Ukraine forces , which are still receiving more Western ammo and combat equipment …..
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Ukraine downed five missiles and 11 drones targeted at cities across the country overnight, military officials said
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Three civilians were injured by a mine in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv
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Russian forces carried out “massive shelling” in the centre of the city of Kherson, a military official said, adding that no injuries had been reported
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Ukraine’s top prosecutor called on the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russia over a missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday
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The Kremlin warned that the relaxation of restrictions on the use of Western-supplied weapons to target Russian territory would be a “dangerous escalation”
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The Ukrainian estimate of the number of Russian casualties since the start of the war reached 556,650
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The UK Ministry of Defence said Russia’s decision to open a new front in the Kharkiv region had seen its average daily casualties reach their highest level since the start of the conflict
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Russia’s state-owned telecoms provider announced that YouTube would be slowed down due to “technical problems” amid reports of plans by Russian authorities to block the service altogether
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The Kremlin dismissed reports of a plot to assassinated the head of a major German arms manufacturer as a “fake story”, while the German government said it “won’t be intimidated”….
Jul 12, 2024 – ISW Press
Western and US officials reportedly assess that Ukrainian forces will continue to be on the defensive for the next six months and will not be able to conduct a large-scale counteroffensive operation until 2025.