cover image: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 15 Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, and Grace Mappes

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 15 Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, and Grace Mappes

15 Jun 2022

1 Institute for the Study of War & The Critical Threats Project 2022 2 Institute for the Study of War & The Critical Threats Project 2022 We do not report in detail on Russian war crimes because those activities are well- covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we are assessing and forecasting. [...] We will continue to evaluate and report on the effects of these criminal activities on the Ukrainian military and population and specifically on combat in Ukrainian urban areas. [...] Russian forces reportedly broke through Ukrainian defenses in Vrubivka and are fighting for control of Mykolaivka, Yasylivka, Yakovlikva, and Berestove, all settlements within 10 kilometers of the T1302.10 The Ukrainian General Staff additionally noted that Russian forces re-deployed one battalion tactical group (BTG) to the Bakhmut area from Kupyansk and deployed unspecified elements of the 8th C. [...] 9 Institute for the Study of War & The Critical Threats Project 2022 10 Institute for the Study of War & The Critical Threats Project 2022 Activity in Russian-occupied Areas (Russian objective: consolidate administrative control of occupied areas; set conditions for potential annexation into the Russian Federation or some other future political arrangement of Moscow’s choosing) Head of the Donetsk. [...] The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported that unidentified Ukrainian partisans targeted employees of the Russian Emergency Ministry in Mariupol on June 9 and 11.27 The Ukrainian Resistance Center additionally claimed that Russian occupation authorities are unable to open schools in occupied Berdyansk due to resistance from Ukrainian teachers, who are refusing to teach under Russian curricula.28 Su.

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