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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
The UK ministry of defence has published its daily update on the situation in Ukraine.
“Eight months into the invasion, major elements of Russia’s military leadership are increasingly dysfunctional. At the tactical level, there is almost certainly a worsening shortage of capable Russian junior officers to organise and lead newly mobilised reservists,” it said in Twitter.
Russia has been falling back in its offensive – but in Bakhmut, unlike across most of the front line, Ukrainians are on the defensive.
They face the “most difficult” challenges, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this weekend.