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An ex-Russian officer has said Vladimir Putin’s forces are ‘deteriorating’ in Ukraine as the Crimea was hit by up to 17 drones.
Igor Girkin, an imprisoned
Russian nationalist, said Putin’s forces would be “even less capable of
offensive operations than they are now” by spring 2024, according to the Institute
for the Study of War.
In a letter published by his
wife, Girkin claimed that the situation for Russian forces was “gradually
deteriorating” and that Russian forces were showcasing “growing weakness compared
to Ukraine’s capabilities.”
He added that the Avdiivka
offensive, where thousands of troops are said to have died, demonstrated the
Russian Army’s inability “to achieve superiority on a very narrow sector of the
front”, the ISW said.
It comes as Ukraine launched up
to 17 drone attacks on Crimea and the Black Sea, which Russia destroyed and
intercepeted, according to the Russian defence ministry.
Nine drones were destroyed by
air defence systems and eight were intercepted by electronic warfare, it added.
Explosions were heard near the towns of Novofedorivka and Saky, a Russian air
base on the peninsula, just after 4am, according to local reports.
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