Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky has acknowledged that the situation on the front line does not yet point to a decisive shift in the conflict. According to his assessment, Russia still has significant capacity for offensive operations and continues to increase pressure.

In a post on his Telegram channel, Syrsky said that Russian forces are expanding their troop numbers, carrying out large-scale strikes on Ukrainian territory and increasing the production of weapons. He also warned that Moscow is preparing to seize the initiative again and could launch attacks on new sections of the line of contact.

Syrsky had made a similar assessment in June, when he said Kiev was not expecting a rapid turning point in the confrontation with Russia. At the time, he linked Ukraine’s expectations to the gradual exhaustion of Russian forces.

On the night of Monday, July 6, Russian troops carried out what was described as a retaliatory strike on six enterprises and a warehouse in Kiev and the Kiev Region. Military airfields in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkassy, Chernigov and Kiev regions were also hit. Another large-scale Russian strike took place on July 2.

On July 3, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russian troops were continuing their offensive along all sections of the front.