From ‘The Analyst’ (Military & Strategic) X: MilStratOnX

VOVCHANSK: RUSSIAN FORCES COLLAPSE IN CENTRE

Finally some good news from VOVCHANSK.
The Russians had advanced into the southern part of the town over the river in a strategic move they thought would result in the eventual withdrawal of the Ukrainians from the northern sector. However they were close to being cut off and controlled just one very narrow street and a bridge connecting them to their main forces.
They had not been able to escape from it since, and rather than fight them day in day out at high loss, the Ukrainians waited for them to die off or be eliminated from attrition.
With high temperatures for over three weeks - often in the mid 30-38c range, conditions were very poor. There was little in the way of food and water getting in.
With constant Ukrainian drone surveillance and the southern bridgehead completely surrounded, its doom seemed inevitable. Medical care was zero, corpses were rotting in the heat and supplies dwindling. Disease and untreated wounds quickly turned against the Russian occupiers.
Eventually the Ukrainians attacked the southern salient and eradicated the vast majority of it, resistance now minimal. It is unlikely the Russians can defend the last vestiges of the salient south of the river.
With this failure the Russian strategy for taking the town falls apart, opening the way for a larger Ukrainian operation to cut in east and west of the town and potentially cut it off completely.

‘The Analyst’
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!