That is according to a latest daily update of the Institute for the Study of War, The Guardian reports.
As it reads, Ukrainian eastern group of forces spokesperson Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty noted that Ukrainian forces advanced up to 1,400m in unspecified areas of the Bakhmut front, and Russian milbloggers reported Ukrainian advances northwest and northeast of Bakhmut, the US thinktank states on Saturday, June 10.
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Russian sources claimed that #Ukraine's armed forces have tactical advantages in conducting assaults at night due to Western-provided equipment with superior night optics systems. https://t.co/mZr7Go9rqf https://t.co/UrnbjBmz0C pic.twitter.com/P7aErTgubV— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) June 11, 2023
Russian sources reported Ukrainian activity in Luhansk Oblast near Bilohorivka, while the Russian defence ministry and other Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops conducted localised attacks in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, particularly in the Velyka Novosilka area.
ISW reports geolocated footage posted on 10 June additionally indicates that Ukrainian forces in western Zaporizhia Oblast made gains during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv.
It says Ukrainian forces are unsurprisingly taking casualties in initial attacks against some of the best-prepared russian forces in Ukraine. However, initial attacks – and particularly selected footage that russian sources are intentionally disseminating and highlighting – are not representative of all Ukrainian operations.
According to ISW, russian sources also are claiming that Ukraine has tactical advantages in conducting assaults at night due to Western-provided equipment with advanced night optics systems.
A prominent russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces are launching assaults at night because western-provided equipment provides Ukrainian forces with “excellent” night vision optics.
Artilerymen of Ukraine’s 26th Artillery Brigade are destroying a russian Grad MLRS
ISW update also states, that russian sources have widely claimed that Ukrainian forces have started or intensified assaults at night in recent days, and Ukrainian forces may be increasingly leveraging the advantages provided by western systems.
As Defense Express reported, Defense Ministry Explained Why Ukraine Keeps Silent About its Ongoing Counteroffensive.
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