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NEW | #Russian forces continued to make incremental, grinding, and costly progress in eastern #Ukraine. Read today’s update from @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar: criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi… Image
#Russian operations to advance on #Slovyansk from the southeast of #Izyum and west of #Lyman continue to make little progress and are unlikely to do so in the coming days, as Russian forces continue to prioritize #Severodonetsk at the expense of other axes of advance. Image
#Russian forces continued assaults against #Severodonetsk and #Lysychansk in order to claim full control of #Luhansk Oblast. Image
#Russian forces shelled residential districts of #Kharkiv City, #Tsyrkuny, #Chuhuiv, #Prudyanka, and #Mykhailivka in an attempt to maintain their positions to the north of Kharkiv City. Image
#Ukrainian counteroffensives in northwestern #Kherson Oblast pushed #Russian forces to the eastern bank of the #Inhulets River and will likely continue to disrupt Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) along the T2207 highway. Image

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