can my newsmega friends stop fighting :(
Let's talk some Russia-Ukraine for old time's sake. What's the ground situation looking like for the 2nd half of this year? I'll admit that I still kinda follow day to day updates, I check the Suriyak updates on telegram at least pretty much once a day. The main vector for now seems to be the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd urban agglomeration, with Russians achieving full drone coverage of all supply roads this week and being very close to cutting off Rodynske which is the lifeline for the Ukrainian garrison in the cities. I've read multiple comments about a possible Russian summer offensive to break the attritional nature of the war, but I have missed this. Do we have anything concrete indicating that or is that the usual telegram nonsense? I've been personally quite interested in the multiple cross-border attacks that Russians have done in recent months. These attacks might indicate that Putin is serious about the whole "buffer zone" thing. But it also opens up a pretty interesting direction if they continue pushing on near the Oskol River, as it could force a Ukrainian withdrawal from the Eastern bank finally. Anything interesting that you guys have seen or predict?
It's hard to have any real emotions about this situation other than hoping for as little bloodshed as possible. On one had you have the Al Qaeda headchoppers led by America's favourite jihadi, Mr Jolani himself. On the other side you have the Druze who are running a quasi-separatist movement that is openly backed by Israel and directly surviving due to the Israeli air force. I hope everyone fighting has fun as long as poor civilians are spared as much as possible.