Severodonetsk, the Russians try to stop the Ukrainian – Foreign advance

Rome, 6 June 2022 – The Ukrainian advance in Severodonesk continued until this morning, even though the Russians subsequently launched a new offensive to try to block it. According to some analysts, the Ukrainians would have come to control 75-80% of the city, others argue that the city is 50% controlled by both sides. “On June 5 – writes the Institute for the Studies of War (ISW) – Ukrainian forces continued to conduct limited and localized but successful counterattacks against Russian positions throughout Ukraine, including the reconquest of large areas. of Severodonetsk, the city of Luhansk Oblast that the Kremlin concentrated most of its forces to capture it. A Russian Telegram channel said Ukrainian troops also launched a counterattack north of the city of Kharkiv, indicating that the Ukrainians continue to put pressure on Russian defensive lines near the Russian border. Ukrainian forces are likely to seek to exploit Russia’s continued focus on Severodonetsk to wage counterattacks on other avenues of advance. Even as Russian forces continue to pour out equipment and troops in the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk area, in the past 48 hours Ukrainian forces have successfully conducted a counterattack in Severodonetsk, repelling Russian troops to the eastern outskirts of the city and out of the southern settlements. The pressure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive will likely continue to draw the attention of Russian forces towards the Luhansk Oblast and thus leave vulnerability in Russian defensive efforts in the Kharkiv Oblast and along the southern axis. The ability of Ukrainian forces to successfully counterattack in Severodonetsk, the Kremlin’s current priority area of ​​operations, further indicates the decline in the fighting power of Russian forces in Ukraine. “The advance is also confirmed by other analysts, while there he is also the one who is more cautious. “What exactly is going on inside Severodonetsk – …