British Intelligence: Guerrilla raids into Russian territory put Moscow in dilemma

Increased guerrilla raids on Russian territory have put Moscow in a dilemma: defend its territory or leave troops in the captured regions of Ukraine.

According to Caliber.Az, this is stated in the daily intelligence review of the British Ministry of Defense.

From the morning of 01 June, partisan groups attacked Russia’s Belgorod region for the second time in ten days.

In a complex battlefield situation, what appeared to be uncrewed aerial vehicles also struck Belgorod city (35km inside Russia), while the authorities evacuated civilians from the border town of Shebikino following Ukrainian shelling.

The Russia military and interior forces have likely seen quicker success in containing this raid than the previous one.

However, according to the Russia MOD’s own press release, it has resorted to deploying the full range of military firepower on its own territory, including attack helicopters, and the TOS-1A heavy thermobaric rocket launcher.

Russian commanders now face an acute dilemma of whether to strengthen defences in Russia’s border regions or reinforce their lines in occupied Ukraine.

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 2 June 2023.

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