The Institute for the Study of War said in its May 11 assessment that Ukrainian forces took further ground northeast of Kharkiv.
The reported progress for the Ukrainian counteroffensive on Wednesday followed several days of similar assessments. The ISW said on May 10 that the Ukrainian forces north of the city of Kharkiv continued to successfully push Russian forces back toward the Russian border, and it said on May 9 that Russian troops continued to"display low morale and poor discipline as fighting in many areas has stalled out against Ukrainian resistance.
Still, Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, the director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, said Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine. He added that he believes if Russia doesn't officially declare war on Ukraine and mobilize, the stalemate will last for a while and he doesn't anticipate either side decisively breaking out.
Experts—including Yuri Zhukov, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, and Michael Kimmage, a history professor at The Catholic University of America and former member of the secretary's policy planning staff at the State Department—have said that Putinreached out to the defense ministries of Russia and Ukraine for comment.
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