#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.
#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.
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#Russian forces continued efforts to converge on #Slovyansk from the southeast of #Izyum and west of #Lyman but remain unlikely to make notable advances around #Slovyansk due to their continued prioritization of #Severodonetsk.
#Ukrainian troops reportedly conducted limited and localized counterattacks north of #Kharkiv City.
The #Ukrainian government and military are furthermore discussing the battle of #Severodonetsk in increasingly confident terms and are likely successfully blunting the #Russian military’s major commitment of reserves to the grinding battle for the city.
#Russian forces launched a series of unsuccessful offensive operations southwest of #Izyum and in the #Lyman area.
#Russian forces made minor gains in the eastern part of #Severodonetsk, but #Ukrainian forces continues to launch localized counterattacks in Severodonetsk and its outskirts.
#Russian forces continued to launch air strikes and fire artillery at #Kharkiv City and northern Kharkiv Oblast on June 3.
#Severodonetsk is important because it is the last significant population center in #Luhansk Oblast that the #Russians do not control. Seizing it will let #Moscow declare that it has secured Luhansk fully but will give Russia no other significant military or economic benefit.
#Russian forces in #Kharkiv continue to focus efforts on preventing a #Ukrainian counteroffensive from reaching the international border between Kharkiv and #Belgorod.
#Russian forces in #Lyman appear to be dividing their efforts—attacking both southwest to support stalled forces in #Izyum and southeast to advance on #Siversk; they will likely struggle to accomplish either objective in the coming days.
#Russian troops in #Luhansk Oblast will likely move to capitalize on recent gains made in the Rubizhne-Severodonetsk-Luhansk-Popasna arc to encircle and besiege #Severodonetsk—the final Ukrainian strongpoint in Luhansk Oblast.
#Russian troops are likely reinforcing their grouping around #Kharkiv City to prevent further #Ukrainian advances toward the international border.