The successful counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv direction and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Kharkiv region is a tacit recognition of Russia's inability to capture key Ukrainian cities, where they expected little resistance from the population, British intelligence analysts say in the morning summary.

It is noted that Ukrainian troops continue to counterattack north of Kharkov, recapturing cities and villages in the direction of the Russian border.. At the same time, the concentration of Russian priorities in the Donbass made the grouping of Russian troops in the Kharkiv region vulnerable to mobile and highly motivated Ukrainian counter-following forces..

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According to them, presumably, after the restoration, these forces will be deployed on the eastern bank of the Seversky Donets River to strengthen the protection of the western flank of the main Russian forces and the main supply routes for operations in the Izyum region..

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The day before, the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the successful return of control over several more settlements in the Kharkiv region.