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UK Defence Intelligence has suggested that Russia has not launched missile strikes on Ukraine for three weeks due to the fact that the Russian Air Force is waiting for more missiles. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter (X) dated 13 October Quote: "Russian Air Force Long Range Aviation (LRA) aircraft have not conducted a strike against Ukraine since 21 September 2023, a period of 21 days.

Britain on Thursday warned that Russia might use sea mines to deter cargo vessels from using Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea. Since withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has been targeting Ukraine’s grain silos and key ports to disrupt the war-torn country’s exports.

The UK Ministry of Defence considers the report that the Russians downed their own Su-35 fighter jet over Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, at the end of September very plausible. Source: UK MoD intelligence update on Twitter on 4 October, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK intelligence said Russian air defence forces "highly likely" downed their own Su-35 aircraft over Tokmak on 28 September, and its loss is an unusual event, because it is the most advanced model of Russian combat ...

UK Defence Intelligence has noted, on the anniversary of Vladimir Putin's approval of partial mobilisation in Russia, that the Russian army is facing several problems, particularly due to the lack of regular rotations.

Russia has transferred elements of the new 25th Combined Arms Army to Ukraine, which it had planned to deploy only from December 2023. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on 13 September, as reported by European Pravda Quote: "Elements of Russia's new 25th Combined Arms Army (25 CAA) have highly likely deployed to Ukraine for the first time.

Russia is grappling with an "over-stretched force along the front" as Ukraine pushes forward its counteroffensive, UK intelligence said.

Drone attacks on Russian airfields in the deep rear are almost certainly carried out from Russian territory, and the "volunteer security patrols" that the Russian Federation has decided to organise will only partially help combat this, UK intelligence believes.

The Russian Federation risks dividing its own forces by pouring resources into the area around Kupiansk as long as fighting continues on the Orikhiv front, the UK Ministry of Defence believes. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on 2 September, as reported by European Pravda Details: The MoD notes that Ukrainian troops are continuing offensive operations on the Orikhiv front in southern Ukraine, with their units entering the first line of Russian defence.

Even with the higher payments, Russia "is still unlikely to meet its targets for recruiting volunteers to the ranks," the UK Ministry of Defence said.

A battle between the Ukrainian and Russian naval and air forces for strategically important gas and oil platforms in the Black Sea between Crimea and the city of Odesa - the so-called Boyko towers - is currently underway.