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Nicholas Cecil

Putin’s army hit by Ukrainian counterattack ‘under-manned’ and relying on ‘fragile supply lines’, says UK

Most of Vladimir Putin’s military units facing a major Ukrainian counterattack are “under-manned” and rely on “fragile supply lines” by ferry and makeshift bridges, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

They stressed that Russia had made “significant efforts” to build up its forces on the western bank of the Dnipro River around the occupied southern city of Kherson.

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