Russia plans to attack Ukraine's town of Siversk, claims UK Defence Ministry

As ruthless war between Russia and Ukraine has entered day 135, with signs of stopping, Ministry of Defence (MoD) of United Kingdom stated in its latest Defence Intelligence update that Moscow is probably concentrating equipment on front line towards direction of Ukraine’s city, Siversk, which is nearly 8 kilometres to west of present Russian front line. Taking to Twitter, British Ministry claimed that before starting new military actions in Donetsk Oblast, it is probable that Kremlin's soldiers are taking a break to resupply.   

UK Defence Ministry furr asserted, “re is a realistic possibility that Russia’s immediate tactical objective will be Siversk, as its forces attempt to vance towards its most likely operational goal of Sloviansk-Kramatorsk urban area.” 

Meanwhile, it also highlighted that Ukrainian soldiers are still slowly vancing in southwest corner of Kherson. 

In dition to this, as per  Institute for Study of War (ISW)'s report, Russian Defence Ministry has revealed that Moscow's soldiers have been taking an "operational pause to rest and regain ir combat capabilities". It ded that Russian forces have been attempting to move towards Slovyansk from Izium and may be attempting to create necessary conditions to vance from Barvinkove. ISW stated that Russian soldiers engd in offensive operations in Bakhmut, and also launched a small assault on area rth of Kharkiv. 

Russia attacks Kharkiv region

According to Kharkiv Prosecutor General's Office, Thursday's resumption of Russian bombardment in area resulted in at least 3 fatalities. Furr, on June 6, occupying Kremlin forces attacked vodvorskiy, Kyivskyi, and Osvianskyi districts of Kharkiv, resulting in demolition of Pedagogical University. se remarks were me on Telegram by Oleh Syniehubov, chief of Kharkiv Regional Military ministration. According to him, Russians attacked Osvianskyi district at around 1:00 a.m. (local time) after hitting an open . 

Ukrainian official furr disclosed that many buildings in vobavarskyi neighbourhood were destroyed and an ministrative facility was targeted. In contrast, according to an Ukrinform report, a higher education center building in Kyivskyi area was damd by missile assaults. 

UK's military assistance to Ukraine

Apart from this, United Kingdom has decided to supply 10 self-propelled artillery systems as well as loitering munitions to war-ravaging country in an effort to help Ukraine combat Russia's "unjustified" aggression. When discussing update of talks undertaken at G7 and NATO last week, outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy me this suggestion public on Tuesday morning. Johnson briefed Zelenskyy "on latest UK military equipment, including 10 self-propelled artillery systems and loitering munitions, which would be arriving in coming days and weeks," according to a press statement from British government. 

British government also pledged in June to provide its military assistance to President Zelenskyy by an ditional £1 billion ($1.2 billion). British government promised funds for weapons including vanced air defence systems, drones, as well as electronic warfare equipment.  

(Im: AP)