Frontline lull: four small Russian assaults fail to shift the battle, ISW says
ISW says four platoon-sized or smaller Russian mechanized/motorized assaults over the last 48 hours are unlikely to bolster the main spring-summer offensive, with most attacks failing to cross the line of contact and likely serving reconnaissance-in-force or opportunistic aims. Ukraine’s USF reports intercepting a Shahed drone with a USV-launched interceptor and is forming naval drone battalions. Russia faces domestic economic critique and dipping approval while Ukrainian strikes hit the Atlant Aero drone plant in Taganrog and the Yeysk seaport, as Moscow maintains a multi-axis show of pressure that remains largely inconsequential to the main Donbas effort.
