Russian soldiers have likely overtake all of the Rubizhne region
Russian troops anticipate conducting a ground operation on or around Severodonetsk in the coming days
Russian forces presumably occupy all of Rubizhne as of Thursday and have likely seized the town of Voevodivka, north of Severodonetsk, the Institute for the Study of War said.
“The relative success of Russian operations in this area combined with their failure to advance from Izyum and the notable decline in the energy of that attempted advance suggests that they may be giving up on the Izyum axis,” the report said.
Even if Russian forces concentrate their efforts on that much-reduced goal, it is doubtful if they will be able to encircle, let alone take, Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.