This strategy was detailed in an ISW report and supported by remarks from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a May 20 Reuters interview, where he highlighted the ongoing stability in northern Kharkiv Oblast but pointed out the lack of attention to the fierce battles in Donbas, specifically in Chasiv Yar along the Bakhmut front, and other critical fronts in Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. According to the ISW, while the Russian advance in the north of Kharkiv Oblast has slowed, there has been a recent intensification in efforts to seize the strategically important town of Chasiv Yar, west of Ba…