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Russian forces tried unsuccessfully to advance in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. The AFU meanwhile conducted counterattacks north and southeast of Lyman in Donetsk region.
The Russians continue to use a flag-planting tactic. This is reported by ISW.
What is known about the situation on the front?
Analysts noted that in the north of Sumy region Russian forces conducted limited offensive operations on 4 and 5 October, but did not advance. Institute for the Study of War sources report fighting continues near the border north of Tetkino in Kursk region.
A Ukrainian brigade operating in northern Kharkiv region published a video on 3 October and reported that the AFU liberated 10 square kilometers of wooded terrain northeast of Vovchanski Khutory (east of Vovchansk). The military were able to clear the area of three Russian reconnaissance groups.
Enemy military correspondents claimed the occupiers continued offensive operations toward Velykyi Burluk on 5 October, but ISW found no evidence. On 4 and 5 October Russian forces continued offensive operations near Kupiansk and to the southeast, but failed to make gains. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian sources reported ground activity toward Borova on 5 October.
In Donetsk region representatives of Russian authorities are amplifying the Kremlin's false claims of Russian advances. Head of the so-called DPR Denis Pushilin on 5 October claimed the occupiers captured several settlements near Dobropillia over the past week and completed clearance operations in eastern Dobropillia. However, ISW reported that Russian forces are actually several kilometers from the towns.
Persistent exaggerated claims by Russian officials about advances are part of cognitive-military efforts aimed at portraying Russian gains as large-scale and diverting attention from Ukraine’s elimination of the Russian salient north of Lyman in recent months,
– writes the Institute for the Study of War.
Russian forces conducted limited offensive operations east of Sloviansk toward Mykolaivka on 4 and 5 October, but without advances. Analysts assess that the AFU cleared territory west of Yurkivka (southeast of Sloviansk) of Russian reconnaissance elements. Ukrainian military observer Kostiantyn Mashovets on 29 September reported that the Defense Forces cleared Orikhuvatka (north of Yurkivka) of Russian reconnaissance elements, and geolocated footage shown on 3 October, but likely taken earlier, shows Ukrainian forces striking a Russian serviceman west of Yurkivka.
The occupiers continued offensive operations near and southwest of Kostiantynivka on 4 and 5 October, but failed to advance. ISW reports Russian forces recently conducted an infiltration mission into Dobropillia.
In Dnipropetrovsk region neither Russian nor Ukrainian sources reported ground activity on the Novopavlivka axis on 5 October. Analysts emphasized that the aggressor state's Ministry of Defense continues to use the flag-planting tactic to make exaggerated claims of advances that do not reflect battlefield realities.
ISW continues to assess that the flag-planting tactic is part of the Kremlin's efforts in the cognitive war aimed at exaggerating Russian gains and creating a false perception of military strength,
– the experts reported.
In Zaporizhia region the aggressor conducted limited offensive operations on the Huliaipole axis and southeast and northwest of Orikhiv on 4 and 5 October, but did not advance. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian sources reported ground activity in Kherson region on 5 October.
Note that every day is costly for the aggressor state. Over the past day the enemy lost 1 540 of its servicemembers wounded and killed.
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