Moscow's forces are involved in five offensive and two defensive operations, the Institute for the Study of War said.
Russia is operating along seven axes that could determine how Ukraine will carry out its anticipated counteroffensive, according to the Institute for the Study of War .
With growing speculation over the next move of Kyiv's forces next move is, the United States-based think tank outlined how Russian troops were engaged in five offensive operations. These operations were in Lupyansk, Luhansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka-Donetsk City, and western Donetsk/eastern Zaporizhia. Russian defensive operations were taking place in the western Zaporizhia Oblast and Kherson Oblast axes, the ISW said on Sunday.A Ukrainian serviceman walks down a street in the frontline city of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on April 23, 2023. There is speculation over when Ukraine will launch a much-anticipated counteroffensive.
It added that the WMD's 2nd Motor Rifle Division has probably deployed towards the Kharkiv-Luhansk Oblast border. Another front is along the Svatove/Kreminna line. There, Russia has committed parts of two military districts—the WMD and the Central Military District—as well as two airborne divisions, to an unsuccessful offensive in Luhansk Oblast that has culminated and only made a few localized tactical gains.for months. It said that the resources Moscow has committed to fighting for the town suggest it wants to capture it before the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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