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Jun 14

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#Russian forces pushed Ukrainian defenders from the center of #Severodonetsk and reportedly destroyed the remaining bridge to #Lysychansk on 6/13, but Ukrainian officials said that Ukrainian forces are not encircled in the city. New w/ @criticalthreats: isw.pub/RusCampaignJun…

More from tonight's assessment, with axis-specific updates to follow:

Kremlin-sponsored outlet Izvestia published and quickly removed an appeal by the First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Kirelenko for Russia to rebuild Donbas on 6/12. (1/3)

Izvestia likely intended to save the article for a later date to set informational conditions for Russian annexation of Donbas and blamed hackers for what they (likely falsely) claimed was a “fake publication.” (2/3)

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Jun 12

#Russian forces continue to struggle with generating additional combat-capable units. Pro-Russian sources are continuing to spread disinformation to sow anxiety and resentment among the #Ukrainian population.

Read today's report: isw.pub/RusCampaignJun…

The UK Ministry of Defense reported on June 12 that Russian forces have been trying to produce more combat units by preparing to deploy third battalion tactical groups (BTGs) from some units over the last few weeks.

The UK MoD further noted that Russian brigades and regiments normally can generate two BTGs; however, doing so leaves the parent units largely hollow shells, as these third BTGs will likely be understaffed and rely on recruits and mobilized reservists.

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Jun 6

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Here are today's control-of-terrain maps for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats, followed by a brief thread on recent changes. (1/4)

We recessed Ukrainian counteroffensives in Severodonetsk that we coded on 6/5 and advanced assessed Russian advance to the city's industrial area near the Azot chemical plant given Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai stated on 6/6 that the situation has "deteriorated." (2/4)

Haidai’s June 6 statement marked a significant change in Haidai’s characterization of the situation in Severodonetsk from June 5, in which he stated that Ukrainian counterattacks recaptured half of the city. (3/4)

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May 31

New: Moscow’s focus on seizing #Severodonetsk (and Donbas) is creating vulnerabilities for Russia in Kherson Oblast, where Ukrainian counter-offensives continue. Ukrainian leadership has apparently wisely avoided matching Putin’s mistaken prioritization. isw.pub/RusCampaignMay…

Sound Ukrainian prioritization of counter-offensive and defensive operations pushed the Russians almost out of artillery range of #Kharkiv City and have stopped the Russian advances from #Izyum—both of which are more important accomplishments than the defense of #Severodonetsk.

Ukrainian forces are now apparently withdrawing from #Severodonetsk rather than fighting to the end—a factor that has allowed the Russians to move into the city relatively rapidly after beginning their full-scale assault.

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May 25

#Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to complete a single large encirclement of #Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine and are instead attempting to secure smaller encirclements—enabling them to make incremental gains.

Read the full report: isw.pub/RusCampaignMay…

RU forces are likely attempting several simultaneous encirclements of small pockets of UKR forces in Donetsk & Luhansk Oblasts: the broader Severodonetsk area (incl. Rubizhne & Lysychansk), Bakhmut-Lysychansk, around Zolote (NE of Popasna), and UKR fortifications in Avdiivka.

Russian forces have begun steadily advancing efforts in these different encirclements daily but have not achieved any major “breakthroughs” or made major progress towards their stated objectives of securing the Donetsk Oblast borders or seizing all of Donbas.

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May 19

@criticalthreats

Russia does not need another resort town on the Black Sea. What it does need is the kind of hard currency that a plant like #Azovstal had generated. A brief thread on Russia's Pyrrhic victory in #Mariupol from today's report with @criticalthreats: understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…

Russian occupation authorities today announced plans to destroy the Azovstal Steel Plant and turn Mariupol into a "resort city," depriving Russia of some of the most important economic benefits it hoped to reap by taking the city in the first place.

This announcement directly undermines the large strategic economic importance of capturing the plant and epitomizes the kind of Pyrrhic victories Russian forces have won in Ukraine, to the extent that they have won victories at all.

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