The 13th Brigade Khartiia of the National Guard of Ukraine jointly with a unit of the Rubizh Brigade repelled a Russian assault near the settlement of Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast. Source: the Khartiia Brigade Quote: "The UAV operators of the Khartiia [Brigade] detected about 10 Russian soldiers heading in the direction of Lyptsi.
The activity of the Russian infantry in the operational zone of the Tavriia operational-strategic group has increased again. Source: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of the group, on Telegram Details: Tarnavskyi reported that 55 combat clashes occurred during the last 24 hours of 2-3 December compared with 32 combat clashes the day before.
"Avdiivka is a microcosm of the Russian General Staff’s wider failure to internalize and disseminate lessons learned by Russian forces during previous failed offensive efforts in Ukraine," analysts said.
The Russians have been using Storm-Z infantry units in their attacks near the city of Avdiivka, which are losing 40 to 70% of their personnel in a matter of days. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Analysts point out that Russian forces are persisting in using Storm-Z assault units, consisting mainly of prisoner recruits, in head-on attacks led by infantry.
U.S.-supplied cluster munitions are destroying Russian positions in areas where Ukrainian troops had struggled to advance, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Aug. 8.