The overall pace of #Russian and #Ukrainian operations along the frontline has slowed in recent days due to deteriorating weather conditions but is likely to increase starting in the next few weeks as temperatures drop and the ground freezes.
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2/ Ukrainian and Russian reporting from critical frontline areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine, including ##Svatove, #Bakhmut, and #Vuhledar, indicates that operations on both sides are currently bogged down by heavy rain and the resulting heavy mud.
3/ Temperatures are forecasted to drop throughout #Ukraine over the next week, which will likely freeze the ground and expedite the pace of fighting as mobility increases for both sides.
4/ The temperature in areas in #Ukraine’s northeast, such as along the Svatove-Kreminna line, will dip to near-or-below-freezing daily highs between November 28 and December 4.
5/ It will likely take the ground some days of consistent freezing temperatures to solidify, which means that ground conditions are likely to be set to allow the pace of operations to increase throughout #Ukraine over the course of the weekend of DEC 3-4 & into the following week
6/ It is unclear if either side is actively planning or preparing to resume major offensive or counter-offensive operations at that time, but the meteorological factors that have been hindering such operations will begin lifting. isw.pub/UkrWar112622
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