NEW: Russian forces have regained the initiative in #Ukraine and have begun their next major offensive in #Luhansk Oblast. 🧵(1/8)
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2/ The pace of Russian operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line in western #Luhansk Oblast has increased markedly over the past week...
3/ ...and Russian sources are widely reporting that conventional Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian defensive lines and making marginal advances along the #Kharkiv-Luhansk Oblast border, particularly northwest of #Svatove near #Kupyansk and west of #Kreminna.
4/ Russian military command additionally appears to have fully committed elements of several conventional divisions to decisive offensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line, as @TheStudyofWar previously reported.
5/ Elements of several regiments of the 144th and 3rd Motor Rifle Division and a regiment of the 90th Tank Division, supported by elements of the 76th Airborne Division and unspecified Southern Military District elements...
6/ ...are conducting offensive operations along the entire Svatove-Kreminna line and are reportedly advancing against Ukrainian defenses.
7/ The commitment of significant elements of at least three major Russian divisions to offensive operations in this sector indicates the Russian offensive has begun, even if Ukrainian forces are so far preventing Russian forces from securing significant gains.
8/ The Russian offensive likely has not yet reached its full tempo; the Russian command has not yet committed elements of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division, which deployed to #Luhansk Oblast in January after deploying to Belarus. isw.pub/UkrWar020823
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