A quarter of the Russian battalion groups that invaded Ukraine have likely now been rendered "ineffective," according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
Highlights
- Russian forces are putting pressure on the front lines in Luhansk, Ukraine’s easternmost region, as part of its renewed offensive.
- Head of military administration: Russian forces were laying waste to villages along front lines of the region and pressing forward.
- This scorched-earth strategy has forced Ukrainian military forces to pull back in some places, to avoid significant losses of life.
- A quarter of the Russian battalion groups that invaded Ukraine have likely now been rendered “ineffective,” according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence, according to a UK ministry of Defence.
- The Ukrainian military said on Sunday that it was continuing to reinforce the east amid heavy assaults.