@chuckpfarrer Made this claim a few weeks ago. I questioned it in his comments. He blocked me, and went on MriyaReport and called me a Russian troll. Today he is on MriyaReport again talking about how Russians just left and ukraine did not have to fight for Kherson.
Both version gives a skewed version of reality. UA win in Kherson was costly for both sides, the main reason for Ukraine to be able to liberate Kherson was the 3 months of attrition warfare in and constant attacks on the RU GLOC. It took RU forces 1 month to evacuate Kherson
Shelling locations reported by the Ukrainian general staff today. It seems there are 3 hot spots, Svatove, Siversk and Donetsk. This does not mean much in reality, Bakhmut takes a lot of space and reduces the density.
The presentation today is brought to you buy 1 bag of potatoes, 1 bag of onions, 1 bag of rise and cooking oil. This is what Kadyrovites mothers get when their sons die.
🧵A dive in to the importance of Luhansk as a logistics hub for the Russians.
I will provide some though on why Luhansk city is a key location for the Russian logistics apparatus with the help of some very high resolution satellite images and a few maps.
Luhansk is located roughly at the mid point of the active frontline, just out of HIMARS range. Technically it's just in range, but it would require the AFU to shoot from an active combat zone, and that would be too risky.
This is Yuvileine, on the outskirts of Luhansk. About half of the town consists of an industrial area with a large coal mine. This area functions as a logistics hub for the Russian Armed Forces.
The red dots illustrate vehicles. The numbered orange areas are image locations.