Russian forces are maintaining a relatively high pace of advancement in the Donetsk region, demonstrating that the military command continues to prioritize operations in eastern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive in the Kursk region. There is no significant redeployment of Russian forces to that area, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The ISW report states that Russian troops “pursue a tactical encirclement” of Ukrainian forces southeast of Pokrovsk. Geolocated footage published on August 14 and 15 shows that Russian troops recently advanced east of Pokrovsk …