British intelligence services suggest that Moscow is trying to “force” Kiev to “divide its forces”
MADRID, September 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The British Intelligence Service has indicated this Saturday that the Russian Army “may try to divert the attention” of Ukraine in its counteroffensive with the offensive operations it is carrying out around Kupiansk, located in Kharkov (eastern) province.
“Ukrainian forces are continuing offensive actions in the Orijiv axis, in southern Ukraine, with units reaching Russia’s first main line of defense,” they said, before stressing that Russian troops were “trying to stop counteroffensives while maintaining their own offensives in the region.” northern axis around Kupiansk.
Hence, they emphasized that “Russian forces may be trying to distract Ukraine from its counteroffensive, forcing it to divide its forces between Orijiv and Kupiansk”, while acknowledging that Russia “has made little progress near Kupiansk since the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in June.” .
For this reason, they indicated that Russian forces “may seek to take advantage of this through continued delivery of resources to this axis”, although they have pointed out that “Russia risks dividing its forces by preventing the Ukrainian advance”, according to a statement published by The British Ministry of Defense on its account on the social network X, previously known as Twitter.
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