Can Kasapoğlu
Battlefield Assessment
Last week, Russian combat formations advanced in several locations in eastern Ukraine, most notably in the direction of the city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces also registered tactically significant territorial gains, including the capture of the long-contested town of Yasnobrodivka, although the Ukrainian General Staff denies the town has fallen and reports that fighting there is ongoing.
Alarmingly, Russian forces also made progress in their efforts to capture critical infrastructure and logistics arteries along the road that connects Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk. This push threatens already outgunnedUkrainian defensive combat operations in the town of Chasiv Yar, a vital position to which both sides have dedicated considerable resources.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin continued to drop glide bombs on Ukraine’s population centers, a menacing tactic that Kyiv can only address by targeting the airbases deep inside Russia from which the strike packages originate. But the Kremlin’s overall gains come with a heavy price tag: according to several assessments, the Russian death toll has been skyrocketing. Some sources have suggested that Russian losses have roughly doubled since 2023.
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