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''...Western analysts have said Russia's use of small assault units have prevented them from making substantial gains or exploiting any breakthroughs in Ukraine's defensive lines.

Moscow's forces have repeatedly made probing attacks with between 10 to 15 unmounted infantry troops, to avoid the heavy losses experienced with more heavily mechanised assaults.

These tactics can yield incremental gains, but they are poorly suited to achieving operationally significant breakthroughs. Larger assaults have proven costly to Russian forces, which cannot afford sustained equipment losses of the kind seen earlier in Avdiivka...''

Russia loses ‘astronomical’ 70,000 troops in 60 days

Uptick reflects opening of new Kharkiv front, with casualty rate of more than 1,000 a day expected over next two months, says MoD
www.telegraph.co.uk
 
July 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry dismissed an allegation by a Russian official on Friday that Kyiv was planning to stage attacks on the country's own power dams in order to blame Russia for the assault, describing the statement as a new intimidation tactic.

"The real purpose of such statements by Moscow is to intimidate Ukrainian society and mislead the international community and the media," the ministry statement said.

"There can be no realistic purpose or motive for Ukraine to destroy its own infrastructure or endanger its own people. As for 'putting the blame on Russia', the Russian regime is doing a good job of that with its own war crimes."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in comments reported by the Tass news agency, had earlier said Ukraine was plotting to destroy two dams in "yet another cynical provocation against Russia".

 
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