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The strikes on Russian warehouses and supply bases in and around Crimea are likely part of a counterattack by Ukrainian armed forces to regain control of the right bank of the Dnieper River.

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This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its daily overview of the war in Ukraine.

Russian supply lines from Crimea directly support the occupiers in mainland Ukraine, including the western part of Kherson Oblast.

Ukraine's targeting of Russian land lines, logistics and support facilities in Crimea is in line with Ukrainian counteroffensives, which also target bridges over the Dnieper River and Russian logistics elements in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast.

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The end result of this campaign is likely to be the disruption of Russian forces' ability to maintain mechanized forces on the right bank of the Dnieper and the loss of their ability to defend them with aircraft and artillery on the left bank from Ukrainian counterattacks.

Russian forces launched ground attacks in the eastern part of the country, but failed to advance northwest of Slavyansk and east of Seversk.

Russian forces begin offensive operations around Bakhmut, southwest of Avdeevka and southwest of Donetsk.

Russian troops are conducting unsuccessful offensive operations in the northern and northwestern part of the Kherson region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Ukrainian forces in Nikopol were preparing for provocations at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, thereby creating informational conditions for further shelling of Nikopol.

Chechen units have reportedly been transferred to Kherson region to detain Russian military deserters.

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