Ukraine’s armed forces have stepped up artillery fire in southern Ukraine and long-range precision strikes continue to disrupt Russian supply routes, the UK Ministry of Defense said in an assessment on Tuesday.

Ukrainian soldiers in battle at the frontPhoto: Twitter / GeneralStaffUA

Since the beginning of August, Russia has been making efforts to strengthen its troops on the western bank of the Dnipro River near the city of Kherson, the ministry said in its daily news release.

Ukrainian troops bombed the ferries that Russia used to secure the territory on the west bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said earlier.

British military intelligence believes Russia is carrying out a major reorganization of its forces in Ukraine and says there is a possibility that Moscow is trying to streamline several semi-independent commands that contributed to poor performance early in the invasion.

If Ukraine succeeds in launching sustained offensive operations, the cohesion of these inexperienced structures is likely to be a key factor in the resilience of Russian defenses in the south of the country.

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