Yesterday, on May 27, Russian troops launched a direct assault on Severodonetsk, but they failed to cordon off the city, the Russian army did not act too deftly in built-up urban areas throughout the war and is unlikely to be able to move quickly in the mentioned city. Based on the past experience of front-line analytics, this conclusion was reached at the Institute for the Study of War ISW.

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to support the defense in the territory of Eastern Ukraine and have slowed down most of the Russian lines of advance. The occupiers will probably continue their gradual advance and may succeed in encircling Severodonetsk in the coming days, but the maneuvers around Izyum have stalled and the Russian forces will probably not be able to increase the pace of their advance,” the message specifies the situation on the front line..

As for other areas, the analysis of the current situation and the ISW forecast regarding possible future scenarios looks like this:.

The invaders in Liman are attacking both to the southwest to support their forces in Izyum, and to the southeast to advance to Seversk; It will probably be difficult for them to achieve any goal in the coming days..

Russian forces in Popasna seek to advance north to maintain the cordon of Severodonetsk, rather than advance west towards Bakhmut.

Positions northeast of Kharkiv remain largely static, with no significant attacks from either the Russian or Ukrainian side.

The Kremlin army continues to strengthen its defensive positions along the southern axis and advance efforts to integrate the Kherson region into Russian economic and political structures.

Recall that since the beginning of the invasion of the Russian Federation in Severodonetsk buried about 1.5 thousand citizens.