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According to recent reports, the Russian military is facing severe shortages of artillery and other

long-range weapons, resulting in a shift towards close combat tactics, even hand-to-hand combat.

The British intelligence service has noted that the massive tank columns that previously

surged towards Kiev have been replaced by infantry attacks armed with trench shovels.

This shift in tactics is believed to be a direct result of the severe lack of artillery and other

long-range weapons in the Russian army. The British intelligence service cited a recent

video statement from a Russian unit, in which the soldiers complained that they had been sent

to assault a Ukrainian concrete bunker armed only with "automatic rifles and shovels".

It is noted that the combat effectiveness of the standard MPL-50 infantry shovel is

"particularly mythologized in Russia. This tool has changed little since its creation in 1869.

"Its continued use as a weapon underscores the brutal and low-tech warfare that has

come to characterize much of the war," the report says.

Russian generals, who received their military education back in Soviet times,

use the "proven tactic" of first sending one wave of armored vehicles through minefields,

thereby clearing mines with iron.

This wave is followed by the second, third, tenth, and the eleventh wave, armed with sapper blades,

goes into hand-to-hand combat with the Ukrainian armed forces. It's genius, isn't it?

British Intelligence states that the shift to predominantly close

combat in Ukraine was caused by the Russian command's desire to

continue a high-intensity war despite the exhaustion of military resources.

As a result, Russia has switched to the tactics of infantry attacks

with minimal support from shell-starved artillery.

Prigozhin, the leader of the "Wagner group", accused the Ministry of Defense of Russia of

collaborating with the enemy because the supply of ammunition to his mercenaries was stopped.

In an emotional speech, Prigozhin accused the command of covering up the Wagner's supply

of ammunition, which he claimed was leading to significant losses for his fighters. According

to British intelligence, the total losses of Russian troops in Ukraine are about 200,000,

with up to 60,000 of them liquidated,

and the losses of Wagner mercenaries being 50% of the total number of fighters.

The AFU General Staff also stated that the occupants are moving their equipment there

and back between Nova Kakhovka and Armiansk, hoping to create a semblance of activity in

the Kherson direction. At the same time, Russian commanders on the ground are

dissatisfied with such maneuvers, as they reduce fuel supplies and are of no use.

The Kherson direction is the gateway to Crimea. Add to this statement the many

kilometers of trenches on the Black Sea coast to form a complete picture of the

preparations for the defense of Crimea by the invaders. Do they really think that Ukrainians

will liberate the peninsula from the sea or is this movement for the sake of movement?