Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Farsala]

SecondWar said:

Farsala said:

I definitely like the strategy of counter attacking in Donetsk and Luhansk. Because that kind of attack undermines Putin and Russia even more, since they have changed their objectives to be just that recently. Can't claim the war is successful in the slightest if even an inch of the Donetsk/Luhansk region is liberated by Ukraine.

If Ukraine just focused on Kherson and Crimea, then Russia could fortify along the Dnipro river and Crimean crossings to buy time, while they make plans to take the rest of Donetsk and Luhansk.

For the record though, Ukraine’s recent gains have been in the Kharkiv region.

Of course, but the pressure is clearly going towards the effort in Donbas, and not securing all of Kharkiv.