Russia attacked port overnight, damaging cargo terminal and killing a guard, says Odesa governor; Moldova expels 45 Russian diplomats and embassy staff
Christopher Miller is near Bakhmut for the FT, and this morning has filed for them a report explaining how Ukraine’s tactics have changed in their counteroffensive after early heavy losses. He writes:
The losses from Ukraine’s much vaunted counteroffensive were heavy and early. Pushing into the country’s sprawling southern fields earlier this summer, Kyiv lost almost a fifth of Nato kit provided for the operation, according to Ukrainian and western officials.
Kyiv’s military response across much of the frontline is now becoming clear: to change tactics. The shift in fighting doctrine applied in recent weeks, according to Ukrainian commanders, appears to be achieving some hard-fought but tangible results on the battlefield, at a more tolerable cost.
At night, the Russian Federation launched eight Shahed drones and two Kalibr cruise missiles over Ukraine. Air defence forces shot down all the drones, the Kalibr could not be hit, the air force reported.
Russian troops hit the port infrastructure of Odesa: a security guard was killed when a rocket hit the administration building of the port, and the equipment of one of the cargo terminals was damaged.
