Ukraine intensifying attacks against Russian military in occupied territories and Russia - ISW

Ukraine is intensifying attacks against Russian military deployment sites, logistics, and other important facilities in rear areas in occupied Ukraine and in the Russian Federation.

This is said in a report by the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrinform reports.

The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported on November 12 that Ukrainian partisans attacked a Russian military headquarters in occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia on November 11, killing at least three Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Rosgvardia officers.

American experts said that the GUR’s November 12 announcement follows a Ukrainian partisan attack against a former Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) People’s Militia head on November 8; strikes against a Russian military base in occupied Skadovsk, Kherson region and Black Sea Fleet assets in Crimea on November 9; and three rear-area strikes and partisan attacks in Russia on November 11.

In addition, Ukrainian forces have conducted a strike campaign specifically targeting occupied Crimea since summer 2023.

“Ukraine appears to be intensifying attacks against Russian military, logistics, and other high-profile assets in rear areas in occupied Ukraine and Russia,” the ISW said.

As reported by Ukrinform, the ISW in its previous report said that Russian forces are increasingly relying on such infantry-led frontal assaults, likely to compensate for a lack of adequately trained personnel and due to widespread equipment losses.