Probably wise to give that site about 6 grains of salt when evaluating what it reports. I prefer to view Ukraine cheerleader sites. When bad news comes out you know it is actually worse and too obvious to be hidden. The pocket is about to fall. I then expect the Russian commander to open a flanking advance from North to South, rolling up the left flank of Ukraine lines. A 15 mile wide front (3 divisions) would not only envelope the Ukrainian flank, but would also sweep up their supporting Artillery.This would also allow the Russians to eliminate a large segment of remaining regular Ukrainian forces. Widening the land corridor and eventually isolating Odessa is currently an actual major objective. Kiev and Western Ukraine are an after thought right now.
Itâs going to turn into an insurgency.
The conventional war is lost.
after the initial blunder by russia in invading everywhere, ukraine made the strategic blunder of defending everywhere.
For now, the areas that Russia is occupying are Russia-speaking. Local people are not anti-Russian and are welcoming Russian troops as liberators in many cases.
The question is what Russia will do in strongly Ukrainian areas in central and western Ukraine. Poland proposed a peacekeeping force in March, and Polish sources are still tacitly pushing the idea. Russian sources are speculating that Polish troops may end up in a large portion of western Ukraine, especially in areas that were part of Poland in 1938.
Russia may prefer Polish troops to Russian occupation of areas in Lviv and other areas of far western Ukraine.
The Russianâs appear to be cleansing the Ukrainians from the East. You have to have an oppressed population to have an insurgency.
The vast majority of the people in eastern Ukraine are Russian.
The Azov Battalion was an army of occupation in places like Mariupol.
No they are Russian speakers. They are not Russian.
Yes, technically they are Russian-Ukrainians, but that technicality is rapidly disappearing. For example, the ruble is now the official currency in Kherson, and local people are lining up to get Russian passports.
https://advogadoportugal.com/kherson-residents-continued-to-line-up-to-apply-for-russian-passports/
Ukrainian forces are complaining about growing hostility from the people in eastern Ukraine. As Russian victory becomes assured, people are free to express pro-Russian sentiments without fear of persecution from Ukrainian authorities.
colaborators and traitors should be shot
The difference between traitor and patriot is a matter of perspective.
As a practical matter, the victors set the rules. From the perspective of the Donetsk and Lugansk Peopleâs Republics, people who supported the coup in 2014 that overthrew the elected pro-Russian president and occupation by the Azov Battalion are traitors and collaborators.
All that is happening is strengthening Russians position at the negotiation table the longer this drags on.
there is no sutch thing as a donetsk or lughansk republic. it is ukraine
niether side is willing to talk. ukraine wants russia out, and russia wants more ukraine
Well it appears that the press has settled on the politically correct name for the Ukrainian Armyâs attempt to evacuate their troops from the pocket. âStrategic withdrawâ also known as retreat, is the phrase of the day.
There is no such thing as the Republic of Kosovo; Kosovo is only a region in Serbia. That is the official position of the United Nations, but the US as a different opinion.
The Russians have a nasty habit of following Washintonâs examples rather than Washingtonâs official pronouncements. NATO intervened in a civil war to carve out a de facto independent state from Yugoslavia based on alleged humanitarian concerns. Russia has intervened in a civil war in Ukraine to create de facto independent states based on alleged humanitarian concerns.
I donât believe Putin has any intention of negotiation.
Why would he, he is on the verge of winning.
He strikes me as the type that only backs off when he is made to, which has probably seldom happened in his life.
In a new development, Russian surface to surface missiles were launched from Belarus into Northern and Western Ukraine. This cuts the flight time and the reaction time for Ukrainian air defenses to intercept them. It also moves a step closer the Belorus forces joining the fight. This forces Ukraine to keep forces deployed along the Belarus border, making them unavailable to support the fight in the East.
It also follows the same steps each and every war throughout European history follows, more and more countries get involved till the next thing you know all hell breaks loose across the continent which is why some of us from the start have been screaming to do everything for peace.
This time is worse, in this time period Russia and the U.S. is able to blow the world up in the double digits and between the two there is around 15,000 nukes or 90% of the worlds nuclear arsenal.
Maybe they wonât go to the peace table 
it still needs to be stressed daily by the world leaders. Things can only get worse there is no case Russia just goes home and back off their new land bridge to the Crimea. Possibly though through a peace conference it can be limited and the war stopped.
