The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) released a summary for June 19. Here are the main conclusions of the experts:.

The Kremlin's continued designation of its invasion of Ukraine as a " Moscow continues to try to fight a major and debilitating war in Ukraine with forces assembled for what the Kremlin erroneously believed was supposed to be a lightning-fast invasion amid token Ukrainian resistance. The Kremlin cannot fix this fundamental flaw in its "

Successful Ukrainian counter-attacks in Zaporizhia are forcing the Russian military to move reinforcements to this weakened section of the front line..

Russian troops concentrated their efforts on holding the occupied areas north of Kharkiv and on June 19 fired at Ukrainian positions in the north of the Kharkiv region.

Russian forces are trying to block the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway to support their offensive operations in Lysichansk.

The concentration of Russian artillery forces and small infantry units is still not enough to support the Russian offensive in Severodonetsk.

Russian troops continue to prepare for an offensive on Slavyansk from the southeast of Izyum and from the west of Liman.

Russian forces are focusing on reinforcing defensive positions on the Southern Axis after recent successful counterattacks by Ukrainian troops on the border of Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblasts.

Russian Forces Likely Conducting False Flag Artillery Attacks on Russian-held Territories to Shake Pro-Ukrainian Sentiment and Encourage Proxy Forces to Mobilize.