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Russian forces, facing their most substantial losses in the past six weeks, are facing one of their most significant setbacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defense said on Nov. 27.

Logistical challenges are causing significant delays in Russia’s missile attacks on Ukraine, UK Defense Ministry’s intelligence wrote in their report on X (Twitter) on Nov. 25.

UK Defence Intelligence has analysed reports about drug addiction and alcoholism in the Russian occupying forces ranks. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 13 November, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK intelligence referred to the data from the independent Russian media outlet Verstka, which said that up to 15% of Russian soldiers currently deployed in Ukraine use drugs, including amphetamines and cannabis.

Russian missile may have locked onto the civilian ship's radar in the absence of a live Ukrainian military radar signature, the UK MOD said.

A Russian state-backed private military company (PMC) is for the first time deliberately trying to recruit women for combat missions in Ukraine. Source: UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence review on Twitter (X) on 30 October, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK Defence Intelligence stated that ads have recently appeared on social media calling for women to join the Borz battalion, part of the Russian Redut PMC, and Russian media reported earlier they were being recruited to work as sniper

UK Defence Intelligence has found further evidence of increasing military censorship in Russia. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 29 October, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK intelligence reports that the Russian Ministry of Education reportedly instructed universities in mid-October to avoid openly discussing any "negative political, economic and social trends" in Russia during academic activities.

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UK Defence Intelligence considers Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement about the patrolling of the Black Sea by carriers of Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles as an attempt to show Russian military power.

Trucks and fuel supplies are being moved by Russia into Crimea on ferries instead of over the bridge after Ukraine's recent attacks, the UK MOD said.

Despite Western intelligence saying that Ukraine would fall within days of the Russian invasion, Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, believed that Putin had made a mistake and the Ukrainians would fight.