#Ukrainian forces are skillfully exploiting Russia’s deployment of forces away from the #Izyum-Kharkiv area to retake territory and threaten #Russian GLOCs in the area, prompting demoralized responses from Russian milbloggers.
#Ukrainian military officials maintained their operational silence regarding the progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive but reported on the further destruction of #Russian ground lines of communication in Central #Kherson Oblast.
Russian forces conducted ground attacks east of #Siversk, northeast and south of #Bakhmut, and along the northwestern outskirts of #Donetsk City.
#AlShabaab conducted its longest-ever siege on a hotel in #Somalia’s capital on August 19, marking a stepped-up effort to destabilize the country’s new administration and derail support for its counterterrorism agenda, writes @liam_karr. criticalthreats.org/briefs/africa-…
The Hayat attack underscores #alShabaab’s continued strength in Mogadishu and the surrounding regions.
#AlShabaab likely conducted the Hayat attack to intimidate politicians and undermine support for the new Somali Federal Government administration and its counterterrorism efforts.
#Russian forces conducted ground attacks east of #Siversk and northeast and southeast of #Bakhmut. Russian forces also continued ground attacks on the north and southwestern outskirts of #Donetsk City.
#Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground assaults along the #Kharkiv City Axis on August 11.
NEW | Western media has reported that a #Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway near #Izyum, but the Ukrainian General Staff was notably completely silent about the area in its evening report. Read today’s update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar: criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
#Russian forces ground attacks north of #Donetsk City and southwest of Donetsk City near the #Zaporizhia-Donetsk Oblast border.
#Russian forces conducted no confirmed ground assaults near #Kharkiv City on August 9.
#Russian forces have likely made incremental gains in settlements on the northwestern and southwestern outskirts of #Donetsk City and continued efforts to break #Ukrainian defensive lines along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line of contact.
#Russian forces did not make confirmed ground assaults near #Kharkiv City on August 7.