The Russian military command prepared for an offensive operation over several months in the summer of 2024, accumulating operational reserves and resources for its implementation. However, these resources have significantly diminished in recent months of exhausting combat, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In May 2024, Russian troops aimed to create a new operational grouping of up to 70,000 personnel from unused operational reserves. This grouping was intended to conduct an offensive operation in the northern Kharkiv region and establish operational reserves for the Centr…