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The UK’s Ministry of Defence has just released its latest intelligence report, claiming Russian units suffering heavy losses have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to reorganise and resupply.
The full report, published just after 6am GMT, reads:
Russian units suffering heavy losses have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to reorganise and resupply.
Such activity is placing further pressure on Russia’s already strained logistics and demonstrates the difficulties Russia is having reorganising its units in forward areas within Ukraine.