Mariupol very likely to fall imminently - RUSI

Mariupol very likely to fall imminently, says RUSI

Another assessment of the fighting, this time from Jack Watling, research fellow for land warfare at think tank the Royal United Services Institute.

Qazet.az reports that he says Irpin is under Ukrainian control once more and shows the disparity in morale, equipment and resupply between the two sides.

Normally taking a terrain point requires three times the number of opposing troops and even more in an urban environment, he says.

"Seems that where the Russians don't have their artillery restocked they are really vulnerable at the moment," he says.

Mr Watling also says that it is very likely Mariupol will fall "imminently".