Russian military continues to make territorial gains in Donetsk: UK

• Russian forces also advancing along the E-40 main supply route towards the Slovyansk and Kramatorsk

Russian troops continue to make small incremental territorial gains in Donetsk oblast with Russia claiming to have seized control of the town of Hryhorivka, said the UK Ministry of Defense in its intelligence report.

The ministry said Russian soldiers are also advancing along the key supply route E-40 towards the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.

“Russian forces are likely maintaining military pressure on Ukrainian forces whilst regrouping and reconstituting for further offensives in the near future,” the MoD said in a tweet.

The ministry in its report also said that personnel shortages in the Russian Armed Forces may force the Russian MOD to turn to unconventional recruitment methods. “This includes recruiting personnel from Russian prisons for the Wagner Private Military Company.”

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