In its latest assessment, the UK Ministry of Defense believes that the Ukrainian army is destroying bridges critical to Russian logistics faster than the enemy can repair them, and has retaken an area at least twice the size of London in just five days, although in separate points of resistance remained in the Kharkiv region.

Russian military engineers built a pontoon bridge to cross the Dnieper near Kherson after the strategic Antoniv Bridge was heavily damaged by shelling by Ukrainian armed forcesPhoto: RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia

Ukrainian forces are continuing their offensive after seizing an area twice the size of London, and Russia is likely to have ordered the withdrawal of its troops from all of Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, British intelligence said in its latest assessment.

Russia is trying to draw additional forces to Kherson across the Dnipro to the front line, and its attempts to build an improvised floating bridge are thwarted by Ukrainian long-range artillery.

Ukraine hits HIMARS on bridges over the Dnipro so often that Russia does not have time to repair the damaged bridges.

Ukraine’s success in recent days has forced Russian soldiers to prioritize emergency defensive actions, while their trust in senior military leadership is likely to erode further.

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