illegally annexed in 2014. similar to crimea, u.s. officials believe that russia will soon host bass sham referendum in kherson, which has been occupied since the early days of the war. to the bottom of your map. pressure continues attacks on nearby nikolai of, a key strategic city which has been under siege since the start of the war, yet remains under ukrainian control. a u.s. official sideways that russian continues to pose no threat of a man of salt on odessa, by either land or sea. intense artillery fighting continues in the donbas, notably near the towns of severodonetsk and is ian. yet despite him with a monthlong campaign, russia has advanced since previously held territory which continues to be extremely slow with little success, according to u.s. officials. all the while suffering, quote, significantly high level of troop and equipment losses. according to uk ministry. it has been said that russia has lost one third of the combat force in under 90 days. the uk defen
mercenaries, sensor fighters, and troops that were re-deployed from georgia and elsewhere previously bolstering the russian force. while putin is yet to call for a mass troop organization, probably because that would be wildly unpopular, remember that this was supposed to be a 72-hour invasion. this is not going unnoticed inside russia. parliament set to end the upper age limit for first time in military synapse. so that older man can sign up. ukraine s defense ministry says the russian has actually run out of combat ready forces, it is currently conducting a, quote, covert mobilization of new converts. they are untrained and are being sent directly into the fighting. as the north of the critical threats protect till s foreign policy, marcia it is, quote, literally scraping every barrels bottom that they can possibly find to round up troops. and quote, the wheels are sort of coming off the russian army. indeed, russia s losses are so great it remains to be seen if