British intelligence believes Russia has ‘probably suffered its greatest losses’ since the start of the war in the past two weeks
In its daily note published this Sunday, the British Ministry of Defense writes that “over the past two weeks Russia has probably suffered its greatest losses since the first week of the invasion of Ukraine”.
British intelligence relies on daily statistics of Russian casualties published by the Ukrainian General Staff and believes that “the trends that the data illustrates are probably correct”.
Over the past seven days, an average of 824 Russian soldiers have died each day, according to this source. The UK notes that “Ukraine also continues to suffer from a high attrition rate”.
NATO will change leaders in October
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in office since 2014, does not wish to extend his term of office again beyond the term scheduled for October, a spokeswoman for the Atlantic Alliance announced on Sunday.
In March 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, Alliance leaders decided to extend the term of the Norwegian official until September 30, 2023.
Russia says it is building an aqueduct to supply the Donbass
Specialists from the Russian Ministry of Defense are building an aqueduct system to connect the Russian region of Rostov, bordering Ukraine, with the Donbass region, in eastern Ukraine, the Russian news agency reported on Monday morning. Interfax.
Moscow claimed at the end of September the annexation of the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, which make up the Donbass.
The Russian Ministry of Defense told Interfax that the project should be finalized “as soon as spring” and that the aqueduct, consisting of two lines of 200 kilometers, will be able to transport 300,000 cubic meters of water per day.
IOC President assures that “it is not up to governments to decide” on the participation of certain countries in the Olympics
Ukrainian athletes “know how much we share their suffering”, assured Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday in Courchevel (France), in response to comments from kyiv accusing the body of being a ” promoter of war” in Ukraine.
“It is not up to governments to decide” on the participation of certain countries in international competitions and in particular in the Paris Olympics in 2024, Bach added, while Ukraine says he is considering a boycott of the Olympics in the event of the presence of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Read our article on the IOC’s position here.
The leader of the Wagner group claims the capture of a locality near Bakhmout
The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner said on Sunday that his troops had taken the Ukrainian town of Krasna Hora, a few kilometers north of Bakhmout, a city where fighting has been going on for several months.
“Today, Wagner’s assault units took the town of Krasna Hora,” said Yevgeny Prigojine, quoted by his press service.
Our article on these declarations can be read here.
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