(2/4) Russian naval forces have established a distant blockade of Ukraineβs Black Sea coast, effectively isolating Ukraine from international maritime trade.
(3/4) Russian naval forces are also continuing to conduct missile strikes against targets throughout Ukraine.
(4/4) Russia has already conducted one amphibious landing in the Sea of Azov and could look to conduct further such operations in the coming weeks.
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Russia is increasingly seeking to generate additional troops to bolster and replace its personnel losses in Ukraine. As a result of these losses it is likely Russia is struggling to conduct offensive operations in the face of sustained Ukrainian resistance.
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Continued personnel losses will also make it difficult for Russia to secure occupied territory.
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Multiple demonstrations have taken place over several days in the Russian occupied cities of Kherson, Melitopol and Berdyansk.
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Reporting suggests that Russia may seek to stage a βreferendumβ in Kherson in an attempt to legitimise the area as a βbreakaway republicβ similar to Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.
2 of 4 - Russian accusations that Ukraine intends to use chemical and biological weapons continue. We have seen no evidence to support these accusations.
3 of 4 - Russia could possibly be planning to use chemical or biological weapons in a βfalse-flagβ operation. Such an operation could take the form of a faked attack, a staged βdiscoveryβ of agents or munitions or fabricated evidence ...
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(2/4) More than 2,500,000 refugees have been forced from their homes as a result of President Putinβs attack on Ukraine.
(3/4) Indiscriminate Russian shelling and air attacks are causing widespread destruction. The UN have reported that there have already been 1,663 civilian casualties since the Russian invasion began.
(2/4) Russian forces are attempting to envelop Ukrainian forces in the east of the country as they advance from the direction of Kharkiv in the north and Mariupol in the south.
(3/4) Russian forces advancing from Crimea are attempting to circumvent Mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards Odesa.