| Branko2166 said: As it stands, Ukraine is on the verge of losing the entirety of the Lugansk oblast that will free up thousands of Russian forces. The unfortunate thing for the Ukrainians is that it appears to be too late to withdraw from Lysychansk without being hit hard by Russian artillery and aviation. I would have thought that the Ukrainian leadership would have ordered troops to withdraw and reinforce a defensive line around the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line but I guess the aim is to delay the Russians for as long as possible in Lugansk. |
I don't know man, to me it looked like Russia wanted to encircle and cut off Severodonetsk & Lysychansk but haven't been able to. Ukrainians are able to fall back which isn't something Russia would want to happen and they've probably taken heavy losses attacking Severodonetsk directly.
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