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Ukraine war set to enter 'new phase', Ministry of Defence warns
Ukraine war set to enter 'new phase', Ministry of Defence warns
Russian forces are "almost certainly" massing in the south in preparation for a possible attack, the Ministry of Defence has said - with the heaviest fighting set to shift to a 217-mile (350km) frontline from near Zaporizhzhia to Kherson in Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine is set to enter a new phase, British military intelligence chiefs have said this morning.
Russian forces are "almost certainly" massing in the south in preparation for a counter-offensive from Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) warned on Saturday.
Long convoys of military trucks, tanks and towed artillery are moving southwest away from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, the MoD tweeted in an intelligence update.
"Russia's war on Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, with the heaviest fighting shifting to a roughly 350km frontline stretching southwest from near Zaporizhzhia to Kherson, paralleling the Dnieper River," the tweet said
Battalion tactical groups - made up of between 800 and 1,000 troops - have been deployed to annexed Crimea and are expected to support Russian troops in Kherson, according to the MoD update.
Equipment is also believed to have been moved from mainland Russia and areas occupied by Moscow - including Melitopol, Berdiansk and Mariupol - via the Kerch Bridge into Crimea.
Kyiv is focusing targeting on bridges, ammunition depots and rail links with growing frequency in southern regions.
Key to this strategy is the important railroad spur linking Kherson to Crimea, with a combination of "block, damage, deny, destroy and disrupt" effects due to be deployed in the hope of hindering Russia's ability to logistically
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