Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine likely making ‘limited tactical withdrawal in Bakhmut’, analysts say

Kyiv may be carrying out ‘fighting withdrawal’ but still too early to assess intentions on complete pullout, Institute for the Study of War says

Ukrainian forces repelled more than 95 attacks by Russian forces on Sunday in several areas of Luhansk and Donetsk.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s latest update, Russian forces launched 27 air strikes and four missile strikes in the last 24 hours and continues to target civilian infrastructure.

Russian forces currently do not have the manpower and equipment necessary to sustain offensive operations at scale for a renewed offensive toward Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, let alone for a years-long campaign to capture all of Donetsk Oblast. Meaningful Russian offensives around Vuhledar or elsewhere in western Donetsk Oblast are also highly doubtful.

Russia will have to mobilize considerably more personnel and fundamentally transform its military industry to be able to support such operations. The Russian military‘s likely continued failure to achieve a decisive victory in Donetsk Oblast will likely draw increasing ire from Russia’s ultranationalist pro-war community.

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