Britain’s intelligence evaluates the seizure of Severodonetsk by the Russian army as a significant achievement, but notes that this is only one of many tasks in the declared goal of Russia to reach the boundaries of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. This is stated in the British intelligence review for June 26th.
According to them, most Ukrainian military, most likely, left defensive positions in Severodonetsk.
“The capture of the city by Russia is a significant success within the framework of its reduced goals of the war (entering the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions). This is an important industrial center and it has a strategic location in the Seversky Donets. However, this is only one of a number of difficult tasks that Russia that Russia We’ll have to carry out to capture the entire Donbass. This, including the attack on Kramatorsk and maintaining the main supplies in Donetsk, ”British intelligence notes.