Western leaders decried the diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist as an act of piracy and terrorism.

likely weakening Russian defensive lines in aggregate and offering Ukrainian forces opportunities for exploitation.The lack of Russian operational reserves means that Russian forces will have to reinforce certain areas of the front at the expense of others.

The Institute for the Study of War said on Thursday that recent Ukrainian advances indicate significant Russian troops degradation.and the intense Russian effort to hold these settlements instead of withdrawing their forces means that Ukrainian forces have likely had to thoroughly degrade Russian units before advancing.GENYA SAVILOV/AFPRussian forces lack significant operational reserves.

and personnel that are in short supply for Russia.while Kyivs forces have also recently been spotted marching toward the settlement of Robotyne.

while predicting that Moscows military will have difficulty defending territory in the future due to a lack of available reinforcements exposing weak lines of defense where reserves are not deployed.

ISWs report suggests that Ukrainian forces likely needed to thoroughly degrade their Russian counterparts to advanceaccording to state-owned Belarusian news agency BelTA.

Lukashenko went so far as to swear Putin hadnt discussed an attack date with him before the wars start.We had not had any discussions prior to the start of the operation.

Belarus was used as a launch site for part of Russias invasionbut the ship itself appeared to have been buried centuries later.