Thread by @ArturRehi

One of the factors that influenced the success of the Russian advance in the north of the Kharkov region was the shutdown of the Starlink network. The Washington Post was told, citing the Ukrainian military, that shortly before the start of the military offensive in Kharkiv,
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Starlink terminals stopped working, leaving the defenders blind. Communication with the drones was interrupted and they had to maintain communications by phones. This is the first major failure of this kind. The cause of the failure is unknown, but it is possible that Russia
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has used new electronic warfare techniques. Elon Musk responded that the Starlink satellites were under severe pressure, but did not go into detail. At the moment, Russia's advance in the north of the Kharkiv region has slowed down greatly. The Russians continue to bomb the
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civilian population of Kharkiv. Although the Russians captured several settlements in their attack, we must understand that in a war of attrition the capture of cities does not play a big role, but what is more important is how many resources both sides spend on defense and
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attack. Ukraine is waging a defensive war and if it has to leave populated areas to preserve resources, there is no need to worry about the capture of these cities, no matter how cynical it may sound. Ukraine has already resorted to such tactics when it allowed the Russians
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to enter settlement and occupy it, in order to then destroy the invaders with artillery. After all, it is more important for the Russians to account for the capture, and it does not matter how many soldiers were spent. Also, if the attack on Kharkiv was some kind of idea to
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divert Ukrainian resources, then it did not work, because Russia itself is forced to transfer its resources from the Kupyansk and Kramatorsk directions and still they cannot take Vovchansk and have not even reached the first line of the Ukrainian defense, which is located
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several tens of kilometers from Vovchansk. However, the situation remains difficult but first panic feelings subsided. We must remember that Russia is conducting an information-military operation and its successes in the information field exceed its successes on the ground.
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