Western Pressure for Ukrainian Offensives Off-Sets Optics of Anticipated Big Russian Offensive
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Major Takeaways from Alexander Mercouris Broadcast for February 15, 2023 (Mercouris 02.15.2023) Kharkiv Not many reports from the battlefields. Information flows throughout this war are given to swings from plentiful to sparse. There are, however, reports from the northern part of the battlefront around Svatove, Kreminna, Liman and Kupiansk that the fighting there has become heavier. Russia is claiming some sort of breakthrough. The Russian appointed administrator for the areas of the Kharkiv regions that are controlled by Russia says that Russia now controls about twenty communities in this region, together with some other communities in the “grey zone” that are not securely controlled by either side, and says that Russia will gain control over all the terrorities in Kharkiv region that they lost during the Ukrainian counter-offensive last September. He says that Ukraine is constantly bringing in reserves for the fighting on the contact line. Only two weeks ago this same source was describing the situation in Kharkiv region for Russia as “difficult.” It seems that Russia has now regained the initiative and is pushing forward.
Western Pressure for Ukrainian Offensives Off-Sets Optics of Anticipated Big Russian Offensive
Western Pressure for Ukrainian Offensives…
Western Pressure for Ukrainian Offensives Off-Sets Optics of Anticipated Big Russian Offensive
Major Takeaways from Alexander Mercouris Broadcast for February 15, 2023 (Mercouris 02.15.2023) Kharkiv Not many reports from the battlefields. Information flows throughout this war are given to swings from plentiful to sparse. There are, however, reports from the northern part of the battlefront around Svatove, Kreminna, Liman and Kupiansk that the fighting there has become heavier. Russia is claiming some sort of breakthrough. The Russian appointed administrator for the areas of the Kharkiv regions that are controlled by Russia says that Russia now controls about twenty communities in this region, together with some other communities in the “grey zone” that are not securely controlled by either side, and says that Russia will gain control over all the terrorities in Kharkiv region that they lost during the Ukrainian counter-offensive last September. He says that Ukraine is constantly bringing in reserves for the fighting on the contact line. Only two weeks ago this same source was describing the situation in Kharkiv region for Russia as “difficult.” It seems that Russia has now regained the initiative and is pushing forward.