Ukraine-Russia War to 'enter a new phase' as armies move south to Kherson Oblast, Crimea
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British intelligence predicts a shift of fighting to the Kherson Oblast region will cause the Russia-Ukraine War to enter "a new phase." The war has lasted over 160 days.
A Ukrainian Army tank drives over an infantryman during a training exercise on May 09, 2022, near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (John Moore/Getty Images) Ukrainian artillerymen in the military assembly center at the frontline in Kherson, Ukraine on July 15, 2022. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A view of the destroyed Fabrika shopping mall in the city of Kherson on July 20, 2022, . (STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images) Ukrainian tank with infantry nearby on May 09, 2022, near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (John Moore/Getty Images) Ukrainian infantrymen train on May 09, 2022, near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (John Moore/Getty Images) Equipment of Ukrainian soldiers from artillery batteries at the frontline in Kherson are seen in Kherson, Ukraine on July 15, 2022. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A Ukrainian serviceman walks in a trench between southern cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson on June 12, 2022. (GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)
"Russia’s war with Ukraine is about to enter a new phase, with the heaviest fighting shifting to a roughly 350km front line stretching southwest from near Zaporizhzhya to Kherson, paralleling the Dnieper River," UK’s Defense Ministry said.
"Russian forces are almost certainly massing in the south in anticipation of Ukraine’s counter-offensive or in preparation for a possible assault," the intelligence report added.