‘SMALL ADVANCES, HIGH CASUALTIES’: Over the weekend, Britain’s Defense Ministry issued a sober assessment of the difficulty Ukraine’s counteroffensive is encountering in its attempt to break through Russian defenses, which over the past seven months have been fortified with trenches, tank traps, and extensive minefields.

“In recent days, heavy fighting has continued, with the most intense combat focused in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, western Donetsk Oblast, and around Bakhmut,” the ministry said in a Sunday Twitter update.

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