Ukrainian forces have inflicted a major operational defeat on Russia, recapturing almost all Kharkiv region in a rapid counter-offensive
Ukraine has turned the tide of this war in its favor, stated the Institute for the Study of War in its latest report.
“Kyiv will likely increasingly dictate the location and nature of the major fighting, and Russia will find itself increasingly responding inadequately to growing Ukrainian physical and psychological pressure in successive military campaigns unless Moscow finds some way to regain the initiative,” the report reads.
According to the ISW, Ukrainian forces have inflicted a major operational defeat on Russia, recapturing almost all Kharkiv region in a rapid counter-offensive. “The Ukrainian success resulted from skillful campaign design and execution that included efforts to maximize the impact of Western weapons systems such as HIMARS. Kyiv’s long discussion and then an announcement of a counter-offensive operation aimed at Kherson region drew substantial Russian troops away from the sectors on which Ukrainian forces have conducted decisive attacks in the past several days,” said the statement.
