ISW: 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces are replicating aspects of their Summer-Fall 2025 battlefield air interdiction campaign that set conditions for late 2025 advances near Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole to prepare for offensive operations against the Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast. https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-3-2026/ #russia #ukraine