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The Ukranian army look to have made some advances. If they take Robotyne it would put them just under 30KM from Tokmak

This fella getting more and more interesting by the day.

Twitter links broken? - twitter.com/TreasChest/status/1672059276112666627

Precision stand off weapons are the thing Ukraine needs most now. All this stuff of needing to storm trenches is macho bull$hit that no other country would do.

I read that the Australians have stopped the Russians building a new embassy. A 'diplomat' has now squatted on the site and stated he won't leave!

Not one of those officials named, Daly and Wallace are Western Officials by most arbitrary metrics.

CNN is trash, just clickbait junk.

Like the ones Ukraine already have? HIMARS, stormshadow, Excalibur etc..

The trenches don't move, I'm sure it's well within Ukraine's capabilities to gain fire control on them. Save the precision weapons when you want to retake a town and don't want collateral damage.

Cluster shells would be ideal for the trenches, but so far it seems only Turkey supply them.

The Russians have gained a lot of experience over the past year and are not as 'stupid' as they were. Russia lost 44 pieces of artillery in the last 24 hours and are losing about 150 pieces per week. 70 tanks and 140 APVs per week along with 4000 troops. I can see this war getting to the point where one or both sides will lose so much kit that serious war will not be possible by end of summer. Then back to WW1 for the winter.

Alternatively, the Russians may cave in over the next 2 or 3 months.

I read this too. Pure junk. Who are the officials? What are their credentials on military matters? What were the expectations for the counter offensive exactly? None of this is stated. However half way through the article we also get:

"The officials cautioned that the counteroffensive is still in its early stages – and that the US and its allies “remain optimistic” Ukrainian forces will be able to make territorial gains over time."

It's an absolute nothing burger of an article that doesn't say anything at all by anyone at all. It's the same level of tripe that said Russians were all fighting with shovels instead of rifles. When you scratch the surface even a little you find completely reasonable logical reasons for what's happening and it rarely matches the click grabbing titles.

Yet another response that basically translates as "this doesn't fit the narrative I want, therefore it must be bullsh*t".

It's CNN running the article, not Pravda. I suspect they have reliable sources, and it's striking the same note of caution to be found in recent BBC and guardian articles. Not saying all is doom and gloom, but certainly not the "Russian defences will collapse in 2 weeks and Crimea is Ukrainian again by July " nonsense that flooded this place until recently

Prediction from social media in relation to the war in Ukraine, where information coming from the battlefield is limited at best, aren't worth the paper they're not printed on.

It appears Ukraine has got the moskovyte defensive resources active and is reported to be taking them out at an accelerated rate. As posted above 44 pieces of the moskovyte artillery were reported destroyed in the last 24 hours as well as lots of other equipment putin's forces need to hold on to the piece of Ukraine they occupy. Last nights missile attacks from putin on Ukraine are reported to have had 13 out of 13 missiles intercepted. It's still a very difficult situation for Ukraine but I think I can see from what is being reported signs of improvements for them and hope it continues to improve and would not write off the chances of a collapse from putin's forces in the not so distant future.

Still probing the Russian defensive lines. I'd guess the anonymous western officials (mentioned above) expected Ukraine to launch an all out counteroffensive right off the bat.

Citing the deputy defense minister of Ukraine. Try focus on what the first tweet says and then it explains why we haven't seen Strykers, Marders, CV-90’s (as mentioned in the second tweet)

Because not all of the equipment has been ready or delivered,said it weeks ago

"deporting all Russian citizens back to their home country"

Tell me how that happens? Do you deport someone who has lived here for 30 years, has kids and owns a business?