- The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported on June 28 that the Kremlin is setting conditions to directly annex areas of Kherson and Zaporizhia into the Russian Federation under the pretext of a pseudo-referendum.
- Russian forces may be planning a false flag provocation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
- Russian forces continued offensive operations in and around Lysychansk.
- Russian forces made marginal gains east of Bakhmut along the E40 highway and may seek to prepare for a direct offensive on Bakhmut.
- Russian forces continued offensive operations to advance on Slovyansk from the northwest near the Kharkiv-Donetsk Oblast border.
- Russian forces are continuing to engage in offensive operations north of Kharkiv City, indicating that the Kremlin has territorial ambitions beyond the Donbas
- Putin’s army continued to strengthen its defensive presence along the southern axis.
