cover image: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment - Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, George Barros, and Grace Mappes June 16, 7:00 pm ET

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment - Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, George Barros, and Grace Mappes June 16, 7:00 pm ET

17 Jun 2022

The leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and Romania committed to Ukrainian officials that the West would not demand any concessions from Ukraine to appease Russia and will support Ukraine to the end of the war during a visit to Kyiv on June 16. [...] The UK Defense Ministry also stated that Russian forces are operating in “increasingly ad hoc and severely undermanned groupings” in Donbas that typically advance by foot.10 4 Institute for the Study of War & AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2022 5 Institute for the Study of War & AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2022 Russian forces conducted ground assaults in Severodonetsk in a grinding effort to es. [...] Gromov clarified that Ukrainian forces retain several logistics routes to Severodonetsk despite the destruction of four bridges over the Siverskyi Donets River, pushing back on recent media reports and Russian claims that Ukrainian forces in the city are completely cut off.13 Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) Leonid Pasechnik stated that Ukrainian forces still control the territory of th. [...] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces failed to seize Dolyna (on the E40 highway to Slovyansk) and retreated to previously occupied positions.18 Geolocated footage shows Ukrainian forces targeting Russian heavy artillery attempting to advance from the east and the northwestern outskirts of Bohorodychne, approximately 25 km southeast of Izyum.19 Ukrainian forces may be resuming c. [...] 6 Institute for the Study of War & AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2022 7 Institute for the Study of War & AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2022 Supporting Effort #1—Kharkiv City (Russian objective: Withdraw forces to the north and defend ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to Izyum) Russian forces reportedly continued to engage in localized clashes with Ukrainian elements to maintain their occupie.

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Jacob Taylor

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