Russia Ukraine war.

Russian Army fighting in Ukraine war with shovels due to lack of  security British Ministry of Defence.   

Britain's Ministry of Defense says Russian are using" shovels" in" hand- to- hand" fighting in Ukraine, conceivably due to a  deficit of  security.   

The Ministry of Defense said in its  rearmost intelligence update that in late February, Rukn Mahfouzha soldiers said they had been ordered to attack a position in Ukraine armed only with' small arms and shovels'..   The report mentions a shovel known as' MPL- 50'.   

The Ministry of Defense said that this tool( shovel) was designed in the time 1869 and its design has not changed significantly since  also. " The payoff capability of a standard  position excavator MPL- 50 device is described as having a giant status in Russia," the ministry said.   It states that' the continued use of the shovel as a armament highlights the brutality and low- tech combat of this tool in warfare.'   

A reservist said he was' neither physically nor psychologically ready' for combat, the Ministry of Defense update said.  " Recent  substantiation suggests an increase in incidents of two Bedouin clashes in Ukraine," it said.  It added that" this is  presumably the result of the Russian command's  asseveration on  nonstop  obnoxious action by the army, which has little support from  ordnance because of Russia's lack of munitions.  

The sources has not been  suitable to  singly confirm these reports. The ministry has not given information about where  similar hand- to- hand fighting is taking place.   

The Institute for the Study of War( ISW) has said that during this time, the Russian forces have gained considerable advantage on several fronts in the besieged  megacity of Bakhmut.   

Fighting has raged in Bakhmut for months as Russia tries to take control of the small  megacity. About4,000 civilians remain then, the rest have  vacated and moved to other areas  landing the  megacity would be a rare palm for Russia on the battleground in recent months. But the  megacity's strategic  utility has been questioned.   

ISW says that the positional advantage for Russia could prove to be a turning movement or a new twist in the  megacity.   

The ISW says this new twist allows them to force the adversary to abandon  set protective positions and is different from sequestration in which adversary forces are  girdled and destroyed.  " The Russians may have intended to encircle Ukrainian forces at Bakhmut, but the Ukrainian command has indicated that it prefers to withdraw rather than risk the possibility of sequestration," ISW said. will.'  still, the Ukrainian  service said on Sunday that it had no intention of withdrawing from Bakhmut.   

A statement from the General Staff of the Armed Forces  conceded that Russian forces were still trying to encircle the  megacity, but said  further than 100 attacks had been repelled in the eastern Donbass region in the  once 24 hours..   

Thousands of Russian soldiers have  failed trying to capture Bakhmut. Before the war it had a population of about75,000.