Velykyy Burluk lies at the center of a triangle (Vovchansk–Dvorichna–Milove), where enemy activity has intensified amid lingering trauma from its 2022 Kharkiv–Izyum defeat.
Three Russian armies are fighting for Pokrovsk, two for Kupyansk. And it's not working. Near Sumy, which is far from Pokrovsk, there are up to two divisions, which is not even an army.
On 1 June, the SBU conducted a successful special operation of enormous scale and complexity, targeting a key component of Russia’s nuclear triad – its strategic aviation – at home airfields.
For Russia, engaging with children and youth in occupied Ukraine is part of a wider effort to integrate the population and militarise children for future service in its armed forces.
The expected strength of the advancing group is 130,000 troops. Up to 700 tanks, 2,400 armoured personnel carriers, 1,500 cannons, mortars and MLRS have been amassed in Rostov and Belgorod Regions.
There are Chinese officers at Russian headquarters who are studying new technologies and tactics of modern warfare. The total number of the Chinese contingent in the Russian Armed Forces may reach about 1,000 people.
After the withdrawal of the Siversk military unit to Ukraine, it is logical to assume that Russians will return the vacant troops to the previous areas — near Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Kupyansk, Chasiv Yar.
Partners have many times more space intelligence capabilities. Ukraine should focus on building warm relations and reliable channels for receiving intelligence.
There is a very disturbing period of turbulence ahead, which is called "the acquisition of capabilities by the military command and control body". I would like to see this not affect the frontline.