Operation to contain ukrainian forces. Deterrence is a doctrinal term which involves fixing units and resources to a certain area to prevent their movement. In our opinion, the kharkiv front may in the future become an attempt to capture the city of kharkiv itself, but not now. We believe that the main purpose of this operation is to support the main direction of russias attack. Material resources, as well as units that need to be directed there. The plan of the Russian Campaign is aimed at diverting ukrainian resources from donetsk to the north of Kharkiv Region. They really want the resources that are currently coming from the us not to go to the direction of the temporal ravine in donetsk region. They want to keep them off track. Or constantine. I expect that the russians will decide to step up their offensive in kharkiv oblast, but even if they advance more in that region, im not particularly concerned, because as they advance deeper, they will run into more prepared ukrainian posi