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The Russian military is forming the Northern grouping of troops from elements of the Leningrad Military District to conduct operations on the Belgorod-Kharkiv operational direction. The Russian army does not have sufficient forces to capture Kharkiv or Sumy, however, any operations in the direction of these cities will divert forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from other fronts, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The department refers to information from Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets, according to which Russian troops continue to transfer newly formed …

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