These attacks are thought to be a distraction tactic and come as Russian attacks on Bakhmut appear to be slowing, said the Institute for the Study of War.
Russia may be carrying out"spoiling attacks" on the Ukraine front line to distract attention from its real objectives in Luhansk, while its operation in the city of Bakhmut appears to be culminating, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
The ISW, a think tank based in Washington, wrote in its latest assessment of the conflict that these"limited spoiling attacks" were taking place across most of the front line in Ukraine in order to"disperse and distract" Ukrainian forces and"set conditions to launch a decisive offensive operation" in the eastern Luhansk region.
In the past few days, small squad-sized Russian assault groups of 10 to 15 troops have been launching these"limited ground attacks" on two main sectors of the front line—in central Zaporizhzhia Oblast along the Kamianske-Mali Shcherbaky-Mala Tokmachka line and in the Vuhledar area of western Donetsk Oblast.
A Ukrainian tank on a road near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, on November 30, 2022. Russia has not made"operationally significant gains" around Bakhmut, according to the Institute for the Study of War.The ISW noted that Ukrainian officials have said these attacks are aimed at dispersing their defensive lines.
"The size and nature of these attacks suggest that they are more likely spoiling attacks that seek to distract and pin Ukrainian forces against discrete areas of the front than a concerted effort to relaunch offensive operations to gain ground in the central Zaporizhia and western Donetsk directions," according to the think tank analysts.
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