British military intelligence says Russia faces a manpower shortage as well as a dilemma: to continue attacks in Donbass or try to stop Ukrainian counter-attacks in other regions. /07) that the Russian military has been struggling to continue attacks in Ukraine since the start of the invasion of the country, which officially began on February 24, and this problem is likely to get increasingly worse. In addition, according to the British Army, Russia faces a dilemma between continuing attacks in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, or deploying forces to prevent Ukrainian counterattacks in other regions. The British Ministry of Defense published in its report: “In addition to dealing with a serious shortage of personnel, Russian strategists face a dilemma between sending reserves to Donbass or defending Ukrainian counterattacks in the southwestern sector of Kherson.” Twitter. According to the Org, Russia continues to employ what, nominally, six different armies in Donbass, whose total strength, before the invasion, was 150,000 soldiers. In recent weeks, the country has worked with company-sized groups, with about 100 soldiers, on attacks in each of the sectors, separately. British intelligence also highlighted that it is quite clear that the main Russian goal, at the moment, is the capture of the entire Donetsk region, which is part of the Donbass, along with Lugansk. However, even if Russia makes new territorial gains, its operational pace and pace of progress tend to be very slow if the forces do not have significant operational pauses to reorganize and re-equip. Gigabyte / av (Reuters, ots) 
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