Ukraine-Russia live news: UK says Moscow planning more offensives | Russia-Ukraine war News
British military intelligence says Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country for future offensives.
- Britain says Russia is moving reserve forces close to the Ukrainian border for future offensives.
- Ukraine wants more weapons from the West, saying that a turning point has been reached in the war.
- US President Joe Biden thanks CIA staff for warning the world about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Here are the latest updates on Saturday, July 9:
HIMARS ‘hasn’t been used’ to attack Russian territory
Ukraine has not used advanced US-made high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) to strike Russian targets outside of Ukraine territory, according to a senior US defence official disputing Russian accusations.
“The Russian claims about using HIMARS to strike outside of Ukrainian territory – those claims are false,” the official quoted by the Reuters news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“Ukraine is using those capabilities to fight the battle that its forces are facing, and they are using them effectively in that battle.”
Russia assembling reserve forces near Ukraine: UK
Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country and assembling them near Ukraine for future offensive operations, according to British military intelligence.
A large proportion of the new Russian infantry units are probably deploying with MT-LB armoured vehicles taken from long-term storage as their primary transport, Britain’s Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin.
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Russia is moving reserve forces from across the country and assembling them near Ukraine for future offensive operations.
— Ministry of Defence ?? (@DefenceHQ) July 9, 2022
Blinken meets China’s Wang after leading pressure efforts on Russia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bali after a G20 ministerial meeting on the Indonesian island where the top US diplomat led efforts to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Blinken is expected to repeat warnings to China not to support Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine and the two sides will address contentious issues that include Taiwan, China’s extensive South China Sea claims, Beijing’s moves to expand its influence throughout the Pacific, human rights, and trade tariffs.
Ukraine pleads for weapons at G20 meeting
Ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons as its forces dig in, saying that a turning point has been reached in the war.
Mykhailo Podolyak, the Ukrainian chief negotiator in stalled talks with Moscow, said Russia’s military had been forced to take an operational pause due to losses and to resupply.
“It is clear that they have to redeploy things, bring forward new troops and weaponry, and this is very good. A certain turning point is beginning to take shape because we are proving we are going to attack storage facilities and command centres,” Podolyak told Ukraine’s 24 Channel television.
Biden lauds US intelligence for Putin warnings
US President Joe Biden has thanked staff at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency for warning the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade Ukraine.
Marking the CIA’s 75th anniversary, Biden said: “It was thanks to the incredible work of our intelligence professionals that we were able to forewarn the world what Vladimir Putin was planning in Ukraine.”
He added: “Exposing Putin’s playbook punched a gigantic hole in the pretence, and discredited his lies about what we were doing in Ukraine.”
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