The successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south and east forced the leadership of the Russian Federation to change plans - Russian troops concentrated on capturing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov said during a briefing.
" In the short term, the main efforts of the enemy will be focused on fulfilling the strategic task of establishing full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,"
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Russian troops may launch an offensive in the west of Donetsk region to try to capture the entire region, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say.