The UK Ministry of Defence mentioned on Tuesday that Russia has struggled to maintain efficient offensive fight energy because the begin of the invasion, including that the issue was more likely to develop into more and more acute.
The ministry mentioned Moscow was nonetheless “nominally” committing six separate armies to its Donbas offensive, however steered that troop numbers had considerably decreased.
It additionally steered that Ukranian counteratacks would give Moscow’s army planners a headache, given Russia’s instant coverage goal of seizing the entire Donetsk area.
“In addition to coping with extreme under-manning, Russian planners face a dilemma between deploying reserves to the Donbas or defending towards Ukrainian counterattacks within the southwestern Kherson sector,” the ministry mentioned.
“Whereas Russia should make additional territorial features, their operational tempo and charge of advance is more likely to be very sluggish with out a vital operational pause for reorganization and refit.”
Listed below are the opposite major headlines from the conflict in Ukraine on July 19, 2022.
Medvedev says Moscow will set peace phrases
The previous president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, says Russia will prevail in Ukraine and set the phrases for a future peace deal.
The previous chief, who was as soon as seen as potential associate by the West, has turning into more and more hawkish in his criticism of the West since Russia’s invasion.
“Russia will obtain all its objectives. There might be peace — on our phrases,” Medvedev, who’s now deputy chairman of Russia’s Safety Council, mentioned in a put up on Telegram.
As post-Soviet Russia’s solely one-term president, Medvedev promised to make Russia a freer, extra democratic nation, when he took workplace in 2008.
He later agreed to willingly resign his declare to a second time period and swap jobs with then Putin, who had briefly left presidential workplace to be prime minister.
Zelenskyy orders safety shake-up
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expanded a Monday shakeup of his safety service, suspending 28 extra workers members, a day after he dismissed two senior officers.
The transfer got here after allegations that their companies harbored “collaborators and traitors.”
In his nightly video deal with on Monday, Zelenskyy mentioned a “personnel audit” of the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) was underway due to “unsatisfactory outcomes of labor” at completely different ranges.
Zelenskyy fired SBU chief Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor Basic Iryna Venediktova on Sunday, citing tons of of legal proceedings into treason and collaboration by folks inside their departments, in addition to different regulation enforcement companies.
Analysts say the strikes seem designed to tighten Zelenskyy’s management over the military and safety companies.
Bakanov is a childhood buddy and former enterprise associate of Zelenskyy, whereas Venediktova has received worldwide reward for her drive to assemble war-crimes proof towards Russian army commanders.
Ukraine’s First Girl in Washington
The US State Division says Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reaffirmed US assist for Kyiv as Ukraine’s First Girl, Olena Zelenska, paid a go to to Washington.
The division mentioned Blinken and Zelenska had spoken about “the immense and rising human prices of Russia’s full-scale invasion.”
“The Secretary strongly condemned Russia’s brutal assaults, which proceed to wound and kill harmless civilians and destroy houses, hospitals, colleges, and different civilian infrastructure — together with a July 14 strike on Vinnytsya that killed three kids.
Blinken reiterated that the US States would proceed to supply help to assist Ukraine, together with for a psychological well being initiative led by Zelenska to assist traumatized residents.
The low-key nature of Zelenska’s arrival signifies she shouldn’t be touring as an official consultant of her husband, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his authorities.
Extra on the conflict towards Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine is casting its shadow on Salzburg’s well-known Summer season Competition after it grew to become clear that organizers accepted cash from firms near Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The pageant, one of many world’s foremost cultural occasions, has been a subject of dialogue over hyperlinks to Moscow for weeks.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted many sporting our bodies to close out Russian and Belarusian athletes from world occasions.
DW seems to be on the bans, and by which sports activities athletes from each nations should compete.
At a convention within the Hague hosted by the Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC), representatives from 40 nations agreed to coordinate efforts to carry perpetrators of conflict crimes in Ukraine to justice.
The ICC’s chief prosecutor has referred to as for an “overarching technique” to coordinate the method of holding people to account.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Tehran in an indication of rising ties with Iran since his invasion of Ukraine.
Nevertheless, the 2 nations stay opponents within the oil market.
Russia is utilizing Wagner Group mercenaries to bolster its troops in Ukraine, UK intelligence warns. In the meantime, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke out towards particular person EU states vetoing the bloc’s international coverage.
DW rounds up all the things from Monday.
rc/aw (dpa, AFP, AP, Reuters)
