Russia draws forces to the Belgorod region - analysts

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report , on May 9, a Pentagon official said that the Russian army is continuing its efforts to encircle Kharkov from the north and east in the form of a horseshoe, despite the fact that only three battalion tactical groups are active in the northern part. .

In addition, the occupiers have accumulated 19 BTGs in the Belgorod region. Probably, they can strengthen the Kharkov direction in order to prevent the Ukrainian army from reaching the border with the Russian Federation as soon as possible.

A Pentagon spokesman added that over the past week, Ukrainian forces have pushed the enemy back almost 48 kilometers to the east. Probably, we are talking about the liberation from the invaders of the village of Stary Saltov, Volchansky district.

The ISW notes that the invaders did not carry out an offensive to the southeast or southwest of Izyum on May 9, but they are trying to concentrate the forces necessary to resume offensive operations in the coming days.

At the same time, the Russian Federation is faced with a serious problem of "compensating" combat losses, which the Kremlin continues to hide.

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