The Ukrainian army has “performed excellently” a two-day armored attack in the Kharkiv region, which can bring long-term benefits. Retired U.S. Army General Mark Hertling.

Over the past few days, Ukrainian troops in Kharkiv have been actively retaking neighboring cities, which could put Russian forces in a difficult position amid a reduction in their capabilities and the start of a Ukrainian offensive in southern Ukraine.. Newsweek writes about it.

“Ukraine has regained control of key territories, which will affect Russian lines of support. The added benefit is that it will deplete Russian units and worsen Russian morale in general,” General Hertling explained..

A few days ago, Michael Kofman, Director of the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) for Russian Studies, noted that the Ukrainian army is constantly shelling bridges and crossings across the Dnieper.. Thus, the channels for supplying Russian troops are being destroyed.. And their positions become " So, in his opinion, this may push them to retreat across the river..

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“In order to present the offensive in a certain context, Ukrainian forces began to carry out local attacks on most of the front line, in particular in the Kharkiv region and in the Donbass.. These local initiatives are perhaps an attempt to take advantage of the fact that Russia is losing momentum,” Kofman explained..

Ukrainian attacks in the Kharkiv region that began on Tuesday forced Russian forces to retreat across the Seversky Donets River and Srednyaya Balakleya, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted..

Also, Ukrainian forces " Satellite imagery also detected Ukrainian infantry movement east of Verbovka. ISW believes that at the end of August, Russian troops retreated from the villages of Bayrak and Novaya Gusarovka, located on the right bank of the Seversky Donets.

“Russian redeployment of forces from the Kharkiv region and eastern Ukraine to the south is likely to create opportunities for Ukrainian attacks. So the Ukrainian attacks in the Kharkiv region were basically an opportunistic attempt,” the ISW noted..