Britanski obavještajci: Putin je morao odustati od napada na čeličanu jer bi pretrpio značajne gubitke

22. 04. 2022. 10:55

epa09896967 A frame grab from an undated handout drone video first published by DPR militia commander Alexander Khodakovsky and made available by the Mariupol City Council shows smoke rising from the Azovstal steel plant during airstrikes in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, 18 April (issued 19 April 2022). The Russian Defence Ministry on 19 April 2022 issued a statement calling on the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol "to cease any hostilities and lay down their arms. All who lay down their weapons are guaranteed the preservation of life." The city council on 18 April 2022 via their official Telegram channel said that at least 1,000 civilians are sheltering in the underground shelters of the metallurgical plant, and that heavy bombs were dropped on the Azovstal plant by Russian forces. EPA/MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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Britansko ministarstvo obrane objavilo je novo obavještajno izvješće o ratu u Ukrajini.

Odluka predsjednika Vladimira Putina da blokira čeličanu Azovstal u Mariupolju “ukazuje na želju da se obuzda ukrajinski otpor” i “oslobode ruske snage za napade na istoku”, priopćili su.

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Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/UuvjA2vlqo

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U svom najnovijem ažuriranju, ministarstvo je reklo da bi potpuni napad Rusije na čeličanu “vjerojatno prouzročio značajne ruske žrtve, dodatno umanjujući njihovu ukupnu borbenu učinkovitost”.

“Rusija još uvijek pati od gubitaka pretrpljenih ranije u sukobu”, dodalo je ministarstvo. Ministarstvo dalje navodi da su, kako bi pokušali rekonstruirati svoje iscrpljene snage, Rusi svoju neoperativnu opremu morali slati na popravak u Rusiju. “U istočnom Donbasu nastavljaju se teško granatiranje i borbe dok Rusija nastoji napredovati prema naseljima uključujući Krasnij Liman, Buhajikva, Barvinkove i Popasna”, dodaje se.