Russia has launched a major offensive in southern Ukraine, according to military analysts, and this brings serious problems for the Ukrainian army, which is now forced to face strong blows from the Russian army again.
Russia continues its attacks during this period, in the context of which a major offensive is expected on several levels, and in several regions, during this period, one year after the beginning of the invasion.
"Russian forces have regained the initiative in Ukraine and have begun their next major offensive in the Luhansk region. The pace of Russian operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line in western Luhansk Oblast has picked up considerably over the past week, with Russian sources widely reporting that conventional Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian defensive lines and making marginal advances along the Kharkiv-Lugansk border. especially northwest of Svatove, near Kupyansk and west of Kreminna.
Geolocated combat images confirmed Russian gains in the Dvorichne area, northwest of Svatove. In addition, the Russian military command appears to have fully engaged elements of several conventional divisions in decisive offensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line, as previously reported by ISW.
Elements of several regiments of the 144th and 3rd Motorized Rifle Divisions (20th Combined Arms, Western Military District) and one regiment of the 90th Tank Division (Central Military District), supported by elements of the 76th Airborne Division and unspecified elements of the District Military South, is conducting offensive operations along the entire Svatove-Kreminna line and is apparently advancing against Ukrainian defenses."
NEW: Russian forces have regained the initiative in # Ukraine and have begun their next major offensive in #Luhansk Oblast. 🧵 (1/8)https://t.co/RJk789ogNT pic.twitter.com/imKBU7d5Rq
- ISW (@TheStudyofWar) February 9, 2023
