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Striking out in this direction towards the Sea of Azov, if successful, could cut off Russia’s supply lines that connect the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to Crimea.

Moscow saw this counter attack coming long ago and has spent months building the world’s most formidable layered defences in depth.

“The problem that the Ukrainians have now”, says Dr Marina Miron at King’s College London War Studies Department, “is to get an opening big enough to get more troops in”.

We’ve geolocated a Russian drone video which backs up reports that its elite airborne forces, the VDV, have deployed close to the town of Verbove - a move aimed at plugging any gaps created by Ukraine’s counter-offensive.

Russia’s forces are exhausted and possibly demoralised after sustaining three months of intensive attacks, including long-range strikes that are targeting their supply lines.

If Ukraine can break through the remaining Russian defences and reach as far as the town of Tokmak then this would bring Russia’s rail and road supply routes for Crimea within range of its artillery.

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