Russia invades Ukraine - 2 - from 4 May 2022

[Benny40]

For those that have skipped the tail of the last thread, I did a battlefield update last night.

I may be biased, but I think it’s worth reading.

Russia invades Ukraine - the first ten weeks

This post is educated guesswork based on what we’ve seen of Ukriane fortifications, what bridges have been destroyed and where Ukraine is flexing vs holding firm, with a bit of Google Earth mixed in. I suggest bouncing between the maps and the text, because these place names mean absolutely nothing in isolation. On the Izyum front in the Donbas, the Ukrainians are pulling back on the eastern flank and dropping behind the east-west running Siverskyi-Donets river. That’s going to give them a lot …