Russia Plans to Move to East of Kharkiv Region – ISW

Russia’s primary goal is to capture Eastern Ukraine. This includes capturing the rest of Luhansk region and moving westward to the eastern part of Kharkiv and the Northern part of Donetsk regions, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Active hostilities between Ukrainian and Russian troops continue on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna axes. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting offensives in these areas but have not yet achieved success, ISW noted.

The spokesman for the Western Group of Russian troops, Sergei Zybinsky, also reported unsuccessful counterattacks by Ukrainian forces near Masiutivka and Petropavlivka in the Kupyansk sector.

Instead, Russian sources reported successful offensives by their troops in the Kupiansk area.

In particular, several Russian “military commanders” spoke of an attack near the village of Synkivka, 8 km from Kupiansk. The reports appeared in the Russian media on July 21, following claims that Russian troops had gained a foothold at the Movchanove railway station. However, neither official confirmation nor denial was published.

See also

• Constant missile attacks and empty streets: how Kupiansk lives on the front line. The city in Kharkiv Oblast is 10-15 km/ 6–9 miles from the front line and 40 km/ 25 miles from the border with Russia.
• Russian army shelled at least ten settlements in Kharkiv Oblast. The adversary continues to attack towns and villages in the region with artillery and mortars.
• Map for demining fields to be created in Kharkiv Oblast. Approximately 570,000 hectares of agricultural land in Kharkiv region have been mined.