intensification of fighting reported on several axes between Zaporizhzhiya and Bakhmut. Russian claims on Monday that they had repelled Ukrainian attacks and the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday.

"Enjoy the silence," Ukrainian communication strategists suggested in recent days. We should not expect "a new Cobra operation", thinks a French military analyst. In July 1944, the operation had made it possible to break through the German lines while the front was blocked. In Ukraine, "there will be several attacks"...