Russia’s president says his forces no longer plan to storm the Azovstal plant, where thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are positioned
Putin orders blockade ‘fly can’t get through’ for Mariupol steelworksPosts disputing Bucha atrocities shared 208,000 times in a weekJohnson casts doubt on possibility of negotiated peaceRussian ‘fake news’ law targets journalistsWill war change Finland’s pragmatic approach to Russia?Russian forces are advancing towards Kramatorsk while Putin likely desires to demonstrate “significant successes” ahead of Victory Day celebrations, British intelligence has suggested.
Russia likely desires to demonstrate significant successes ahead of their annual 9th May Victory Day celebrations. This could affect how quickly and forcefully they attempt to conduct operations in the run-up to this date,” the UK ministry of defence said in their latest intelligence report.
Russian forces are now advancing from staging areas in the Donbas towards Kramatorsk, which continues to suffer from persistent rocket attacks.
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