The occupiers completely left their positions around Kharkiv – ISW

Putin's main efforts are to encircle Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Luhansk region from the north and south.

The Institute for the Study of War reports that the Russian military, probably decided to leave their positions around Kharkiv , as the Armed Forces did not allow them to surround the city. The ISW predicts that the occupiers will now try to keep the line west of Volnovakha.

Their goal is to protect their landlines from Belgorod to Izyum. But experts cannot predict whether they will succeed in this direction or not.

“Ukrainian forces did not allow Russian troops to surround, let alone capture Kharkiv, and then expelled them from the city, as they did with Russian troops trying to capture Kyiv,” the report said. .

Putin's troops are making major efforts to encircle Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Luhansk region from the north and south.

Experts believe that the racists may not have enough fresh combat power to compensate for the losses they suffered during the failed attempt to force the Seversky Donets, so whether they will be able to continue the offensive on a large scale – remains to be seen. question.

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It will be recalled that as of May 14, the General Staff reported that the Armed Forces continue to successfully conduct a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.

The Atlantic Council, meanwhile, notes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive near Kharkiv is more effective than any Russian offensive in a month. Experts believe that, despite all the shelling of Odessa, the Russian army will not have the opportunity launch offensive in the south soon .

See special topic: Pseudo-referendums are a means of establishing control over the occupied territories of Ukraine – British intelligence Russia failed to achieve political goals in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, the invaders have killed 227 Ukrainian children – Office of the Prosecutor General More than 420 children were injured. Ukraine is ready to return the bodies of Russians killed near Kyiv and Chernihiv – Lyamzin Last night, Ukrainian servicemen loaded the bodies of the Russian occupiers into refrigerated cars. The Russian Army from “Hurricanes” fired at the Shirokiv community in the Dnipropetrovsk region – the head of the OVA People were not injured. The occupiers fired on the Luhansk region 30 times, in Lysychansk they hit the plant building – the head of the OVA More than 50 houses were destroyed.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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