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Yesterday’s update examined what seemed to be the beginning of Ukraine’s main counteroffensive thrust. Pentagon officials certainly claim that it is. “Ukrainian officials have told U.S. officials that the enlarged Ukrainian force would try to advance south through Russia’s minefields and other fortifications toward the city of Tokmak, and, if successful, on to Melitopol, near the coast,” reported the New York Times. (Someone tell the Times that Melitopol is 50 kilometers from the nearest coast …)
The fog of war remains thick, with little information coming from the Ukrainian side. But Russian war bloggers are certainly in all-out panic mode as Ukraine appears to be notching significant gains.
