NEW | #Russian officials consistently conduct information operations suggesting that #Belarusian conventional ground forces might join Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine. Read the update from @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar: criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
#Ukrainian and #Russian sources reported that fighting continues along the #Svatove-#Kreminna line and near #Lyman amidst poor weather conditions.
A #Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces transferred over 200 pieces of equipment from the #Kherson direction to the #Kupyansk direction, and geolocated footage shows Russian T-90 tanks in #Luhansk Oblast headed west.
#Russian forces made marginal territorial gains around #Bakhmut. A #Ukrainian Armed Forces Eastern Group spokesperson stated that Russian forces changed tactics from using battalion tactical groups to smaller assault groups for offensive actions.

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