NEW | #Russian forces may be abandoning efforts at a wide encirclement of Ukrainian troops along the #Izyum-#Slovyansk-#Debaltseve line in favor of shallower encirclements of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. Read today’s update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar. criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
It is unclear if #Russian forces can encircle, let alone capture, #Severodonetsk and #Lysychansk even if they focus their efforts on that much-reduced objective.
The #Ukrainian counteroffensive around #Kharkiv is also forcing the #Russian command to make hard choices, as it was likely intended to do.
#Russian forces continued to conduct air and artillery strikes against #Ukrainian positions in the Azovstal Steel Plant on May 12.
#Russian forces attempted to improve their positions along the Southern Axis and continued to fire on #Ukrainian troops but did not make any confirmed advances on May 12.

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NEW | #Russian forces did not make any significant advances anywhere in #Ukraine on May 11, and Ukrainian forces took further ground northeast of #Kharkiv. Read today’s update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar: criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
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