UK claims Ukraine "maintains initiative in most areas" of active front

MADRID, 8 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Intelligence services of the United Kingdom have indicated this Thursday that the Ukrainian troops "maintain the initiative in most areas" of the front where there is active combat, in the framework of the war unleashed in February 2022 by the invasion order. Given by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"In the midst of a highly complex operational framework, attempted fighting continues in multiple sectors of the front. In most areas, Ukraine maintains the initiative," they said, according to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense through its account on the social network Twitter.

Thus, they have maintained that "it is likely that the Russian forces are being ordered to return to the offensive as soon as possible" and have added that "Chechen units have led a frustrated attempt to take the city of Marivka, near Donetsk, where the line head-on has changed little since 2015."

On the other hand, they have pointed out that throughout the day on Wednesday "the flood levels continued to increase in the lower area of ​​the Dnieper river after the collapse of the Kajovka dam, although they will probably begin to recede on June 8" . "Artillery attacks have complicated some attempts to evacuate displaced civilians from flooded areas," they have concluded.