Writing about the frontline situation and changes in Ukraine is hard, because I feel there has been very little new to say for a long while.
The same patterns repeat.
The Russians creep forwards at varying rates, the Ukrainians suffer from manpower issues.
The same patterns repeat.
The Russians creep forwards at varying rates, the Ukrainians suffer from manpower issues.
Sometimes a flank gets weakened enough that the Russians form a pocket or threathen a city.
Ukrainians use up resources to withdraw from an area they should've left a while ago.
The Russians won't create larger operational success.
Ukrainian counterattacks remain tactical.
Ukrainians use up resources to withdraw from an area they should've left a while ago.
The Russians won't create larger operational success.
Ukrainian counterattacks remain tactical.
The situation looks largely stable from Western capitals, but in actuality it slowly worsens for Ukraine. It's just at such a rate that it doesn't raise red flags.
The Russian rate of advance slowly rises, more gaps appear in Ukrainian lines...
The Russian rate of advance slowly rises, more gaps appear in Ukrainian lines...
New aid or sanctions or long range strikes or other political decisions don't seem to change the situation one way or another.
I've used "bad but slowly getting worse" to describe the situation for longer than I remember now.
I've used "bad but slowly getting worse" to describe the situation for longer than I remember now.
Even the loudest supporters and critics of Ukraine are sort of aligned in a collective shrug about the prospect of Pokrovsk falling because the impact will be limited.
Mind you, it's all much better than a catastrophic situation for Ukraine.
It's just hard to say alot about it
Mind you, it's all much better than a catastrophic situation for Ukraine.
It's just hard to say alot about it
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