Fighting in eastern Ukraine will intensify over the next two to three weeks as Russia continues to refocus its efforts in the region, the UK defence ministry has said, APA reports citing The Guardian.

The latest British intelligence report, released just after 6 am GMT, reads:

"Fighting in eastern Ukraine will intensify over the next two to three weeks as Russia continues to refocus its efforts there.

Russian attacks remain focused on Ukrainian positions near Donetsk and Luhansk with further fighting around Kherson and Mykolaiv and a renewed push towards Kramatorsk.

Russian forces continue to withdraw from Belarus in order to redeploy in support of operations in eastern Ukraine.”

https://apa.az/en/europe/fighting-in-eastern-ukraine-to-intensify-uk-mod-says-373237