ISW vurdering af Severdontsk offensiven er interessant, især delen om at det tipper nedslidningen yderligere i Ukrainsk favør, og at de noterer at russerne ikke har kunne komme frem andre steder de sidste uger, vs ukrainernes fremgang ved Kharkiv:
"Russian progress around Severdonetsk results largely from the fact that Moscow has concentrated forces, equipment, and materiel drawn from all other axes on this one objective. Russian troops have been unable to make progress on any other axes for weeks and have largely not even tried to do so. Ukrainian defenders have inflicted fearful casualties on the Russian attackers around Severodonetsk even so. Moscow will not be able to recoup large amounts of effective combat power even if it seizes Severdonetsk, because it is expending that combat power frivolously on taking the city.
Ukrainian forces are also suffering serious losses in the Battle of Severodonetsk, as are Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. The Russians have concentrated a much higher proportion of their available offensive combat power to take Severodonetsk than the Ukrainians, however, shaping the attrition gradient generally in Kyiv’s favor. The Ukrainians continue to receive supplies and materiel from their allies as well, however slow and limited that flow may be. The Russians, in contrast, continue to manifest clear signs that they are burning through their available reserves of manpower and materiel with no reason to expect relief in the coming months."
Yderligere så er ukrainerne begyndt på en offensiv nordøst af Kherson, det ser ikke umilbart ud til den er rettet mod Kherson by men nærmere at generobrer området nordøst derfor. Dette er er nordøstlige del af Kherson regionen der grænser op til Dnipro og Mykaloiv regionerne.