That’s according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrinform reports.
“The seriousness of the dilemma facing the Russian high command likely depends on Ukraine’s ability to sustain significant counteroffensive operations on multiple axes simultaneously. If Ukraine is able to press hard around Izyum as it continues rolling into the counteroffensive in Kherson, then Russian forces will begin confronting very difficult choices. They will likely need to decide either to abandon their westward positions around Izyum in favor of defending their ground lines of communications (GLOCs) further north and east or to commit more personnel and equipment to try to hold the current front line,” the report reads.
The analysts add that such forces “would have to come from another axis, however, putting other Russian gains at risk.”
Key takeaways from the latest war update by ISW are as follows: