Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 13 Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, George Barros, and Grace Mappes

Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces continued to hold defensive positions around the Azot Chemical Plant on June 12.12 The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces also conducted unsuccessful offensive operations on Metolkino, approximately 4km east of Severodonetsk.13 4 Institute for the Study of War & The Critical Threats Project 2022 5 Institute for the Study of War & Th. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repulsed Russian assaults on Vrubivka, a settlement on a connecting road to the Lysychansk- Bakhmut T1302 highway.14 Russian forces reportedly resumed ground assaults near Zolote, a settlement adjacent to the Ukrainian GLOCs along the T1303 highway to Lysychansk.15 A Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) Militia commander (under the pseudonym Ch. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces attacked Bohorodychne, approximately 25km southeast of Izyum, but only secured the northwestern outskirts of the settlement.19 Russian forces also launched an unsuccessful assault on Dolyna, a settlement along the E40 highway to Slovyansk.20 Ukrainian military journalist Andriy Tsaplienko reported that Ukrainian forces are conducting counter. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces launched partially successful ground assaults on the border settlements of Ternova and Izbutske, approximately 40km northeast of Kharkiv City, and secured the northern outskirts of Izbutske.26 Pro-Russian Telegram channel Rybar claimed that Russian and Ukrainian forces are engaging in trench and artillery warfare in Tsupivka and Velyki Prokh. [...] The Ukrainian Southern Operational Command noted that Ukrainian and Russian forces engaged in heavy fighting in the Davydiv Brid area, an operationally significant settlement situated on the eastern Inhulets riverbank and on Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) along the T2207 highway.30 The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted aerial reconnaissance over Davydiv.