Visual identification of the bodies of fallen Azovstal fighters is impossible, said Zhorin, DNA testing is required, which can take several months
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31/ A source reportedly estimated that Russia had consumed 60% of its ammunition stocks. This leaves Moscow some margin, but not infinitely expandable. Time is not necessarily in Russia's favor, as their refabrication capacity is unknown.

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29/ that of the tactical withdrawal to a hardened line (Bakhmut/Sloviansk initially, further west later). For now, the first has prevailed. The state of the forces will certainly push the second to take precedence.

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27/ Also, it is now the UKR that have the most losses. Kiev now speaks of 100 to 150 or even 200 dead per day and 500 wounded daily. 7 battalions per week. It's untenable. Also, the decisions to hold the front, here at SD, there at Zolote, are less and less

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24/ Now, for two months, the UKR strategy has been to give up as little ground as possible, at the cost of human sacrifices deemed necessary, to gain time in order to benefit from Western weapons: these being considered capable of reversing the balance of power,

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20/ South of Popasna, the Russians maneuver around the Vuhlehirske reservoir to encircle the locality of Novoluhanske. If this maneuver succeeds, it would clear the north of the Horlivka sector as well as the M03 road leading to Bakhmut.

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19/ It will therefore be necessary to monitor their advance towards the villages of Sydorove and Majaky to the E, on the M03 road in the center, on Kurulka, Ivanika and Novomykolaivka to the W. Simultaneously, the RU continue their pressure west of Popasna. The Bakhmout/SK road remains contested.

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18/ soon. Incidentally, this allows the Russians to reunify two of their army corps, that of Izyum and that coming from the east of the Oskil River. This simplifies their logistical maneuver, especially since crossing the Donets makes things easier for them.

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16/ succeeded in gaining a foothold in the localities of Tetyanivka and Pryshyv, south of the Donets. Simultaneously, they made contact with the units coming from the Izyum FOB which advances as far as Bohorodychne and pushes towards Dolyna.

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Another key development is the start of the battle for Sloviansk (SK). Indeed, the Russians have taken the town of Sviatohirsk, north of SK. However, as they withdrew, the Ukrainians apparently left a bridge over the Donets intact. The Russians have thus managed to cross it. They are now

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