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Russian forces likely intend to pin Ukrainian forces in place on the line of contact to enable Russian forces breaking out of Crimea to isolate them.
Mason Clark, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko March 15, 5:30 pm ET Local company- and battalion-level attacks by Russian forces northwest of Kyiv on March 14-15 likely indicate the largest-scale offensive operations that Russian forces attempting to encircle Kyiv can support at this time.
But most of is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.
Institute for the Study of War, Russia Team February 25, 3:00 pm EST Russian forces entered major Ukrainian cities—including Kyiv and Kherson—for the first time on February 25.
Kagan, and George Barros March 26, 3:00 pm ET Russian forces continued their unsuccessful efforts to move into positions from which to attack or encircle Kyiv, claims by First Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Sergei Rudskoi on March 25 notwithstanding.
Those reinforcements have not received sufficient time to recover physically or mentally from their losses and defeat around Kyiv and are unlikely to generate combat power proportionate to their numbers.