Estonian Intelligence: Russia Unable to Break Through Front, Resorts to Drone and Missile Strikes to Exhaust Ukraine

Friday, 4 August 2023

According to the Estonian Defence Forces' intelligence center, the Russian occupation army is unable to achieve a decisive breakthrough in the Ukrainian defenсe on the frontlines.

As reported by ERR, citing Estonian intelligence updates, due to their inability to break through the Ukrainian defenсe, Russia is attempting to exhaust Ukraine's economy and population through drone and missile strikes.

The intelligence report stated that over the past week, Russian forces mainly launched attacks along the lines of Kupiansk-Svatove-Kremenna, in the area of Bakhmut, and along the Donetsk-Avdiivka axis. However, the Russian forces have achieved only minimal success.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have achieved limited success in the area around Bakhmut and in the south, near Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast.

In addition, Ukrainian forces continue to target important logistical targets of the Russians to disrupt the supply of front-line units.

The US Department of Defence recently reported Ukrainian forces' advancements during the counteroffensive but predicted that the struggle would be challenging and lengthy.

Earlier, Eero Rebo, Chief of the General Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces, suggested that Ukrainian troops were not achieving quick success in the counteroffensive because the forces on the battlefield are on an equal footing.

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