Russia and Ukraine face main problem in bid to make features, UK says
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krainian forces have continued their advance within the south alongside the course of the Mokri Yaly river, securing the village of Urozhaine within the face of stiff Russian resistance, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) mentioned.
In its newest intelligence replace, the MoD mentioned each Russian and Ukrainian forces are struggling to make vital features within the face of robust, established defensive positions.
The MoD mentioned: “In the north, Russian forces have continued probing attacks in the Kupiansk area but achieved no significant advances.
“Across the front, both sides confront a similar challenge: attempting to defeat well-entrenched forces while having limited uncommitted forces to open new assaults.”
It comes after the MoD warned that round 44 Ukrainian grain storage services have been attacked by Russian missile strikes because the invasion final February.
Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal final month and warned that civilian vessels carrying Ukrainian cargo can be thought to be professional targets.
Moscow has unleashed common missile and drone strikes on southern and jap Ukraine, concentrating on Odesa.
The Black Sea metropolis is the nation’s predominant port for exporting grain and it has been attacked repeatedly since President Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The onslaught has been seen as Russia eager to endanger 400 million individuals in international locations depending on Ukraine grain.
The UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative had allowed 100,000 tons of Ukrainian meals to be exported daily.
But Putin suspended Russia’s participation regardless of it stabilising international meals costs and, the UN says, serving to to cease 100 million individuals from ravenous. Russia has additionally attacked agricultural shops it says are getting used for navy functions.