The fighting in southern and eastern Ukraine is draining Russian material. Nevertheless, the Ukrainians do not succeed in making a breakthrough.
The Russian occupying forces in the Heart Ukraine According to estimates by British military experts, their artillery ammunition must be rationed in order to remain operational, according to the daily intelligence report from the Ministry of Defense in London on Tuesday.
Also, “only a handful” of Russian anti-artillery radar units of the “SOOPARK” type remain operational in Ukraine, according to yesterday’s British report. As a result, the Russians are less able to locate Ukrainian artillery.
Ukraine can not benefit
Despite attacks on at least two axes, the Ukrainians have so far failed to break through the primary Russian defenses there.
According to the British, the Russian forces are also weak around the eastern Ukrainian city Bachmut. But even there, the Russians have so far been able to withstand the Ukrainian counter-offensive, which has been pushed forward with considerable effort.
Russia is now constantly sending new forces, especially airborne troops, to Bakhmut in order to further slow down the counteroffensive.
Only yesterday referred to the Russian President Wladimir Putin the one started in June Counteroffensive as unsuccessful.
All “enemy attempts” to break through Russian defenses had been unsuccessful “throughout the period of the offensive,” Putin said in an interview with the TV station aired on Sunday Russia-1.
Russian offensive in the east
The Ukrainian military reported intensive Russian attacks in the east of the country. The situation is difficult, said the commander of the army, Colonel General Olexander Syrskyj, with. In the evening situation report of the General Staff in Kiev, the front was at Kupyansk as a focus of the fighting.
A press officer from the Ukrainian army spoke on television of allegedly 100,000 men who were serving on the front sections of Russia Kupyansk and Lyman moved together.
However, the Ukrainian troops withstood the attack.
Russian air raids on Odessa
Russia has the southern Ukrainian region Odessa on the Black Sea was covered by air raids on Tuesday night. The Ukrainian air defense was able to shoot down six Russian Kalibr cruise missiles and 21 combat drones, the southern command of the Ukrainian army said in the morning.
Nevertheless, falling debris and pressure waves caused damage to the port of Odessa and private homes. A resident was also injured.
Next to Odessa became the port city Mykolajiw as well as the regions Donetsk, Cherson, Saporischschja and Dnipro exposed to drone attacks.
Air raid alarms went off for hours in several Ukrainian regions during the night. In the port of Mykolajiw a fire had broken out, the mayor of the city reported, Oleksandr Shenkevytschon Telegram.
After attacks on the bridge – traffic is flowing again
After yesterday’s attack on the Crimean Bridge, road traffic is running again, according to Russian information. Vehicle traffic has resumed in one lane, said the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Chusnullin Tuesday morning in the online service Telegram.
On Monday, the Crimean Bridge, which connects Russia to the Crimea peninsula annexed in 2014, was damaged by an explosion. A couple died in a car, the daughter was injured.
British intelligence not involved
Moscow spoke of an attack by Ukrainian sea drones and threatened retaliation. Putin called the action a senseless and cruel act by the government in Kiev.
Ukrainian intelligence circles, in turn, claimed responsibility for the attack to the AFP news agency.
Great Britain rejects the fact that the British secret service is said to have been involved in the operation. “This is unfounded speculation by Russia, which we do not wish to comment further,” said a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office.
Background: The Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Dmitri Polyansky, told the Security Council on Monday that British secret services could have been involved. “I have not heard any condemnation of this terrorist act from any of the Western sponsors of the Kiev regime. And we have yet to find out to what extent Western, especially British, intelligence services were involved in the preparation and execution of this terrorist attack. Too many things point to it,” said Polyansky.
Ukrainian attacks on Crimea repelled
According to its own statements, Russia repelled Ukrainian drone attacks on the annexed peninsula of Crimea last night.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that 17 drones had been “destroyed” and eleven others had been rendered harmless by electronic means. There were no injuries or damage.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in June, drone attacks on Crimea have increased.
Grain agreement: EU reprimands Russia
The European Union has condemned Russia’s withdrawal from the Grains Agreement. “With this decision, Russia is further exacerbating the global food security crisis it caused by its war of aggression against Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian seaports,” foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday evening on behalf of member states.
Borrell said Russia must lift the illegal blockade of Ukrainian ports and allow free shipping on the Black Sea.
Totschnig on agreement: “Serious mistake”
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig describes the fact that Russia has not agreed to the extension of the grain agreement as a “serious mistake”. “It cannot be that Russia uses food as weapons – I demand a return to the negotiating table. A long-term solution for the grain agreement is needed,” he said on the sidelines of an informal fisheries council in Vigo, Spain.
Failure to find a solution would inevitably impact global food security and lead to price increases. “This hits the poorest countries in Africa and the Middle East in particular, which are particularly dependent on grain imports,” says Totschnig.