#Polohy is a named objective / target for the #Melitopol offensive because 🇺🇦 holding Polohy or contesting it and denying 🇷🇺 use of its railway and roads would secure the eastern flank.
@washingtonpost Time is not on Ukraine’s side
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When it comes to the war in Ukraine, about the only thing that’s certain right now is that the fighting and destruction will continue.
Vladimir Putin remains fully committed to bringing all of Ukraine back under Russian control or — failing that
@washingtonpost — destroying it as a viable country. He believes it is his historical destiny — his messianic mission — to reestablish the Russian Empire and, as Zbigniew Brzezinski observed years ago, there can be no Russian Empire without Ukraine.
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🇺🇦 is contesting Pravdyne with artillery - and this range map shows there is a lot of 🇺🇦-held territory from where to hit 🇷🇺 in and around Pravdyne.
🇺🇦 should hold long the line enough for the 🇺🇦artillery to hit 🇷🇺.
