According to the American Institute for the Study of War, the Russian army is conducting a "coordinated multilateral offensive operation" in the Kharkiv-Luhansk direction.
It is reported that the goal of the offensive is to achieve an operationally significant goal "almost for the first time in more than a year and a half." Namely, the capture of the eastern bank of the Oskil River from Kupyansk to the village of Oskil.
Although the prospects of this offensive "are far from clear, its plan and initial implementation mark a noticeable change in Russia's approach to the operational level." Also, the Russian Federation threw a huge amount of infantry into battle, suffering great losses and not receiving special acquisitions.
"The current Russian offensive in the Kharkiv-Luhansk direction, on the contrary, includes attacks in four parallel directions, which mutually support each other and pursue multiple objectives, which in aggregate are likely to bring significant operational benefits," ISW believes.
Attacks go along the Kupyansk-Svatov-Kremenna line. Near Kupyansk - in the area of Synkivka, there is an advance to the eastern bank of Kupyansk. To the northwest of Svatovoy, the Russian Federation has tactical successes in the area of Tabaivka and, judging by everything, advancing to the west in the direction of Kruglyakivka and to the northwest in the direction of Kupyansk-Vuzlovoe. To the west of Kreminnaya, they are trying to push back the ZSU from the left bank of the Zherebets River.
