Russian Ministry of Defense has not announced any new territorial acquisitions since July 3, summarized in its daily analysis of the situation in Ukraine by the Institute for the Study of War.
The analysis supports the assessment that Russian forces are taking an operational pause while still engaging in limited ground attacks to create conditions for more significant offensive operations.
The Kremlin continues to prepare for protracted war by creating the conditions for a covert mobilization of the economy and largely initiating an operational pause in Ukraine.
Russian forces conducted offensive operations northwest and east of Slavyansk.
Lavrov calls on the West to admit its responsibility for the deaths of civilians in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Minister is visiting Vietnam
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Russian forces continued to push west towards Seversk from the border between Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.
Russian forces continued their attempts to advance towards Bakhmut from the south.
Russian forces conducted limited ground operations attacks north of the city of Kharkiv.
Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground attacks in the northwestern part of the Kherson region.
It is possible that Ukrainian forces are creating conditions for a counteroffensive towards the city of Kherson.
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Zelensky insisted that Ukraine’s army should not make decisions without him
After controversial orders to those subject to military service
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Possibly the Russian forces to form a new military unit in MulinoNizhny Novgorod region.
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