Europe & Central Asia
Ukraine Crisis: 10-16 September 2022
22 September 2022
The Ukrainian counteroffensive continued in the Kharkiv region, with Ukrainian forces regaining most previously occupied territory, including the large logistical hubs of Kupiansk and Izium (The Guardian, 12 September 2022). These successes also allowed Ukrainian forces to retake ground in the Luhansk region, which Russian forces had fully occupied since July (ISW, 11 September 2022).…
Read MoreUkraine Crisis: 13 August-9 September 2022
16 September 2022
In the first nine days of September, Ukrainian forces successfully pushed back Russian forces in the Kharkiv region, regaining control over thousands of square kilometers (ISW, 9 September 2022). The gains followed Ukrainian offensive operations in the southern part of the country, with attacks on Russian supply lines and the liberation of several settlements in…
Read MoreUkraine Crisis: 6-12 August 2022
18 August 2022
Almost half of all violent events last week were recorded in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces continued attempts to advance in the directions of Pisky, Marinka, and Bakhmut (ISW, 10 August 2022; KyivPost, 12 August 2022; Ukrainska Pravda, 12 August 2022). Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian bases and ammunition depots, as well as…
Read MoreUkraine Crisis: 30 July-5 August 2022
11 August 2022
Ukrainian forces claimed minor territorial gains around the Izium district of the Kharkiv region, but lost control of several settlements in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk region. Amid recent successful Ukrainian counteroffensive operations outside Donbas, Russia began transferring more troops from the Donetsk region to the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions (ISW, 4 August 2022). …
Read MoreUkraine Crisis: 23-29 July 2022
4 August 2022
Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Donetsk region, where ACLED records almost half of all political violence events last week. While Russian territorial gains in the region were limited, Russian forces took control of multiple locations close to Svitlodarsk (Espresso TV, 27 July 2022). Russian forces also continued to engage in civilian targeting last…
Read MoreUkraine Crisis: 16-22 July 2022
28 July 2022
Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk and Bakhmut areas of the Donetsk region without securing significant territorial gains (ISW, 22 July 2022). In the Kherson region, Ukrainian forces struck and seriously damaged the Antonivskyi bridge, a key route for supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine (Reuters, 20 July 2022). On 22 July, Ukraine…
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