Putin masses more Russian forces for a
NEW onslaught on Ukraine: Long convoys
are gathering again, say British intelligence
as Kyiv braces for fresh offensive in
the south as part of bloody war of attrition
Posted By: Ribicon, 8/6/2022 6:31:29 PM
Russian tanks, trucks and artillery are amassing in southern Ukraine as Putin's forces seek to tighten their grip on the region amid a valiant counter-offensive by Kyiv. The Kherson region near Crimea has been under Kremlin control since March 2 after a bloody six-day battle, with Russians driving north from the occupied peninsula. Yet the invaders have faced intense pushback by Ukraine over recent weeks, with Kyiv now confident it will liberate the region by September. According to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) daily intelligence update this morning: 'Long convoys [...] continue to move away from Ukraine's Donbas region and are headed southwest.'
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The USA is being bled dry by a war that has nothing at all to do with us. Anyone describing such a scenario a few years ago would have been written off as a nut, yet here we are.