Russia's advance is far slower than expected, but it is only a matter of time before Ukraine falls?

According to Serhii Haidai, the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region on Thursday (May 26), 95% of the region has fallen under Russian control.

The Russian army has also basically completed the siege of the southern city of Severodenetsk in the state, and it is a matter of time before one of the two states of Udong and Donbas falls.

The Washington-based think tank the Institute for War Studies (ISW) said last week that the Russian military had seized more land in the last week than it did earlier in May.

"The loss of land is only a matter of time" itself has become the biggest problem for Ukraine.

The Russian army withdrew from the vicinity of Kyiv two months ago and shrank the front; the Russian army in the occupied area of ​​Kherson in southern Ukraine also showed a clear defense; the Russian army north of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, After the army stopped the Ukrainian counter-offensive, it was not in a hurry to retake the land reoccupied by the Ukrainian army; the Russian army had bypassed Kharkov and moved south and east according to its southern town of Izyum, and was along the southern front. The "big siege of Donbass" in which the upper divisions of the Dnieper River joined forces eventually shrunk into a "small siege" in which small towns and small towns in the southern region of Luhansk were bombarded and competed.

The result of shrinking the front is that the Russian army can concentrate firepower and greatly reduce the difficulty of logistical supplies.

Battle on the Donbas front as of May 27.

The three green circles in the upper right of the picture are showing the Russian army's encirclement of Severodonetsk.

(ISW)

Undoubtedly, Russia's advance is far slower than expected, but no matter how much European and American military aid the Ukrainian army receives, no matter how high the will to war, it has always been unable to reverse the situation of "the loss of land is only a matter of time", except for the initiative of the Russian army. Outside the battlefield of retreat, there is actually no large-scale use of force to regain territory.

Latvia-based independent Russian media Meduza last week quoted sources as saying that the Kremlin was discussing a renewed offensive against Kyiv and that it expected a "total victory" this fall.

This news may not be credible, but this kind of news is worthy of reference at this time...

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