"They bleed the Russians and they cause the Russians to expend those additional people and extra materiel."

Ukraine will seek to use Putin's push on Kharkiv to "bleed" Russia's tanks and manpower as the Kremlin is forced to refurbish older equipment, says RUSI's Matthew Savill.

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