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| Credit - The Japan Times |
The Institute for War Research (ISW), a U.S. think tank, released an analysis on the 6th that Ukrainian forces appear to have made limited advances in the northeastern Kharkiv province.
Ukrainian forces recaptured most of the province in September, but may be rolling out a counteroffensive in the Russian-held eastern part of the province, they said.
in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said on the 5th that Ukrainian military positions were shelled by Russian forces around three settlements in eastern Kharkiv Oblast. announced that it had received The Russian Defense Ministry also said on the same day that it had attacked a Ukrainian military command in another settlement in the eastern part of the province.
The ISW said the Russian defense ministry's announcement inadvertently showed that the settlement had already been captured by Ukrainian forces. Based on statements from the Ukrainian military, it concludes that it may be expanding its control in the eastern part of the state.