Despite the fact that Russian forces continue to drop equipment and troops into the area of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk, the Ukrainian military has carried out a successful counterattack in Severodonetsk over the past 48 hours and pushed Russian troops to the eastern outskirts of the city. In addition, the Russians were pushed back from the southern settlements.
Experts also noted that Ukrainian forces are likely trying to use Russia’s continued concentration on Severodonetsk to launch counterattacks in other areas of advance.
“Ukraine’s counter-offensive pressure is likely to continue to draw the attention of Russian forces to the Luhansk region and, therefore, leave vulnerabilities in the Russian defensive efforts in the Kharkiv region and along the southern axis,” the statement said.
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