Russia is using its overmatch in force ratio and artillery to “gradually seize territory in and around Sievierodonetsk” from Ukrainian control, the UK Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Russia continues looking to generate more combat units to deploy to Ukraine. In recent weeks, Russia has likely started preparing to deploy the third battalion from some combat formations, the ministry said in an intelligence update posted on Twitter, while most brigades normally only commit a maximum of two of their three battalions to operations at any one time.
Third battalions within brigades are often not fully staffed, and deploying all three of their battalions simultaneously will likely reduce longer term capacity to regenerate combat power after operations, the UK Defense Ministry said.
Sievierodonetsk is the regional capital of the eastern Luhansk region. The city is one of the last areas in the Luhansk region that is under control by Ukrainian forces.
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