Russia-Ukraine War

For all the talk about what Putin would do if he loses

Spare a thought to what Ukrainians do if they lose and Ukraine is conquered

Russians using Ukrainian technology and resources coupled with men who think (Russian propaganda is already tirelessly working this angle) they got betrayed and stabbed in back by Europe turning all their anger westward

The Seym River, a lovely spot for a bit of camping and fishing 5 years ago.

Blowing the bridges is interesting. Makes it more difficult for Russia to resupply across. It won't trap any men though. It also means that if Ukraine intend going further north at some stage, they will be the ones with the problem of crossing the river. So maybe that is as far as Ukraine intend/hope to go this summer?

That…or they've gotten some fancy AVLBs from the US.

Bridge it when they want to…

(Edit: According to Wikipedia, Ukraine may actually have 8 of these.)

So do I have this right.

Ukraine and the West are fracturing. Even hating each other.

Ukraine needs to sue for peace.

NUUUUKKKKKES.

It certainly seems to be the current official position of the Russian online apologists.

Nice reminder of how the Russian population are kept in check

and

So which of the western “allies” leaked the details of previous operations to Russia?

Your un-educated and un-referenced wishful thinking opinion vs ISW report

“The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast has already generated theater-wide operational and strategic pressures on Russian forces, and subsequent phases of fighting within Russia will likely generate even greater pressures on Putin and the Russian military. 

The Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast has prompted the Russian military to redeploy up to 11 battalions from within Kursk Oblast and four Russian force groupings elsewhere in the theater to the frontline in Kursk Oblast so far.[14] US officials reportedly told the 

New York Times

 in an article published on August 15 that Russia has committed reserves to Kursk Oblast that it otherwise would have committed to grinding offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in the coming months.”

In that sector of course unless Ukraine made another border incursion to bypass it. But where they've currently occupied they're far away from where that river goes which is up past LGOV NPP and just before Kursk city itself.

Modi to visit Ukraine.

India PM Modi to visit Ukraine, weeks after rebuking Putin in Moscow (msn.com)

Details of the trip will be shared later in the day, the foreign ministry said, adding that he would also be visiting Poland. Indian media have reported that Modi is expected to visit the two countries, possibly from Aug. 21 to 23..

Modi's Kyiv visit, Indian analysts say, would aim to control the damage from his trip to Moscow, which coincided with a lethal strike on a children's hospital in the Ukrainian capital, embarrassing him and drawing strong criticism from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Modi made a highly publicised trip to Moscow on July 8-9 during which old friends India and Russia sought to boost bilateral trade and cooperation in areas ranging from nuclear energy to medicine.

But the visit made headlines as it coincided with the strike on the hospital in Kyiv, prompting Modi to use emotive language to deliver an implicit, public rebuke to Putin at their summit.

Modi told Putin that the death of innocent children was painful and terrifying and reiterated New Delhi's position that Moscow and Kyiv should resolve their conflict through dialogue and diplomacy, saying "solutions are not possible on the battleground".

No need to get sniffy with me, pal. It's not all sweetness and light for the Ukranian efforts.

From the BBC:

'In recent days, Russian troops have made some significant gains to the north-west of Donetsk.

In response, Ukraine has ordered the evacuation of the city of Pokrovsk, with a local military official telling residents that Russian forces were "rapidly approaching".

The Russian advance towards Pokrovsk is the most notable change in control of the front line near Donetsk for several months.'

This is a change from up-til-now expected slow grind of Russian advances, where we saw them take months to take a few Km of ground and useless bombed-out villages at the expense of thousands of troops daily. The fact is that Russia are making slow and steady progress, unfortunately.

Square meters vs square kilometres per day

Once again as per daily ISW reports including the one in the post you have replied to and still have not read

Either it's a double or Putttin got 4 litres of filler pumped into each cheek.

Not quite,,,Kadyrov and his clan changed sides from fighting Putin to accepting his gold, and fight with him. But his own father was assassinated by Chechens precisely because of his stance towards Putin. Chechnya is ruled by the clan system, and now most of the other clans are anti Kadyrov. And as soon as Kadyrov loses Russian support….these clans will make their presence felt. It's for this reason that Putin uses Kadyrov's troops as barrier troops to stop Russians from retreating, because he knows that his Chechen "Friends" are friends in name only. So they lampooned as cowards and goat lovers, but they are not, they can and have fought vigorously in the past, but they will not willingly give their lives for Putin. And that explains why they are not too much involved in serious attacks against the Ukrainians.

A late summer offensive down south before the weather turns bad? Would stretch the Russians at two opposites of the frontline while their army focuses on attacking East Ukraine.