17/ They pushed from the Northeast to take Severodonetsk. Once taken, they moved on to other objectives: continuing the push towards Bakhmut and pushing to clear Donetsk. In doing so, Izyum, which had been one of their strongholds, was gradually abandoned. This is what the UKR forces observed.

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15/ Zaporizhzhia S Sector, but the RU paid attention to maintaining enough troops there again because the area links Donbas, Crimea, and Kherson; finally, the Izium area. At one point (early July?), the UKR tested the deployment east of Izium.

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14/ elsewhere. Ultimately, three zones were possible: North of Kharkiv (but with limited potential gains), which explains why UKR regularly launched skirmishes in this area to maintain RU deployment;

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12/ On the other hand, the strategic plan suddenly becomes clearer. Let's describe it. By drawing attention to the Kherson pocket, the UKR forced the RU to invest a certain number of troops there. Commentators were convincingly explaining last week that this was

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10/ Simultaneously, we noted the UKR resistance even though we doubted the possibility of a swift recapture of the Kherson pocket. Thus, the regular declarations over the past two months of the UKR priority given to this sector left us skeptical.

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8/ From Thursday, UKR units crossed the Donets opposite Sloviansk: Lyman, which had been fiercely taken by RU in late spring, is reportedly recaptured. Many rumors are circulating elsewhere, without necessarily being of interest. End of the brief description of events.

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6/ Izyum is clearly threatened from the north, west, and of course the south. Here too, the Russians are retreating despite unfavorable geographical conditions (two roads and a railway line).

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They are rushing towards Shevchenkove and then towards Kupyansk, on the Oskil River. The suddenness of the advance forces the Russians to give up ground. They are retreating in disarray from Balaklia, abandoning equipment and ammunition behind them, then giving up Kupyansk.

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3/ Towards Kherson, the Ukrainians confirmed their positions: consolidation of the Sukhy Stavok pocket at the center, slight advance to the North, stabilization to the south and continuation of strikes in depth. Nevertheless, Russian troops hold the sector.

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Let's spend little time describing what happened on the ground since, in the end, things are quite simple: Russian efforts between Bakhmut and Donetsk have yielded nothing (perhaps the full capture of Kodema, insignificant, or maybe 1 or 2 villages near Zaporizhzhia).

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