British Defense Ministry Cites ‘Intense Ground Combat’ in Ukraine

FILE - The sun sets over a destroyed building in Izyum, Ukraine, Oct. 24, 2023.

The British Defense Ministry said Saturday in its daily intelligence update on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that over the last week there has been intense ground combat in three areas – the Kupiansk axis in Luhansk oblast; Avdiivka in Donetsk oblast; and on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson oblast, where Ukrainian forces have established a bridgehead.