UKRAINE: THE SITUATION 836 - JUNE 27, 2024

The Russian armed forces have maintained the pace of their offensive operations towards Toretsk since their activation in this area on June 18 and are likely aiming to encircle a Ukrainian outpost in this area.

The Russian armed forces have so far only deployed limited forces for this operation, indicating that they continue to prefer incremental advances through consistent, attritional attacks over operationally significant successes achieved through rapid maneuvers.

The slowly advancing Russian offensive operations towards Toretsk are consistent with the theory of victory formulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which assumes that the Russian armed forces will be able to continue their creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from successful, operationally significant counteroffensives, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.

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