The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said in a weekend assessment that Russia appears to be relying on new recruits to stall the Ukraine military's recapture of the city.
"Using such inexperienced forces to conduct a delaying action could prompt a Russian rout if Ukrainian forces choose to press the attack," the assessment says.
►German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says rebuilding Ukraine will be a “task for a generation” that no country, donor or international institution can manage alone.
►SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he will allow Ukraine to continue using his Starlink satellites even if the Pentagon refused to provide funding.
►Ukraine's Armed Forces are getting better at shooting down Iranian-made Russian drones – up to 85% of them are being shot down, the British Defense Ministry reported,
Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov, chief of the Russian army’s radiation, chemical and biological protection force, said his defense ministry "has evidence that the Kiev regime is planning a provocation involving the detonation of a so-called dirty bomb." Kirillov, however, did not release details of that evidence.
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