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Ready, steady, slow: Ukraine’s bid for Kherson

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Ukraine's Military Thinks This Is the Right Time to Strike

Ukrainian military thinks this is the right time to make a sharp strike, rather than chipping away that's been going on. Russian units at the moment appear to be severely under strength in this area. The country's third army corps has been raising new volunteer battalions and some of them are equipped with quite advanced platforms. How effective they'll be remains to be seen, but they could allow russia to propose a greater offensive threat in the coming months.

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