![]() ![]() They’re from militia, from the separatist regions. A lot of the troops fighting in this area actually aren’t Russian military. But this does seem to confirm reports we’ve been hearing for weeks that Russia has really serious m shortages, and difficulty in reinforcing its troops on the front lines. There were actually some reports on Twitter from Ukrainian sources that the Russian government has suspended reinforcements, but that hasn’t been confirmed. I think what’s significant right now is the Russians along the front lines don’t appear to be getting reinforcements. ![]() But they do appear to be in control over almost all of that Kharkiv region. But that’s difficult to assess, given how fluid the battle lines are. The Ukrainian military very helpfully pointed out on Twitter that that’s larger than Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware. Zelenskyy claims they have retaken 6,000 square kilometers of territory. Josh Keating: Ukrainian forces are consolidating their control over almost all of the Kharkiv area. And of course a visit like that for him would have been preposterous to even imagine a week ago. Tom Nagorski: Josh Keating - President Zelenskyy has traveled to Izium, the largest city in that region that the Ukrainians have just run through. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Keating counseled caution in terms of thinking the rout in the northeast could presage a speedy end to the war Kucher said the atmosphere among previously pro-Kremlin commentators now ranges from “confusion” to “hysteria.” Both offered analysis of the week just past, and the days ahead. But as the Ukrainians have rushed through the northeast, and members of the much-vaunted Russian Army have run for their lives, those rumblings have become something of a cacophony. There had been low-level rumblings - particularly from the far right - that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his commanders weren’t doing enough to punish Ukraine and bring a swift end to the conflict. It’s a momentum-shifting rout that has changed the outlook of the war and forced fresh conversations from Moscow to Kyiv, Brussels to Washington, and beyond.Īs for public discourse in Russia itself, that too has seen something of a quantum shift. Russian troops have by all accounts left their posts in a hurry, often leaving heavy weaponry and military equipment behind. They have recaptured thousands of square kilometers and liberated more than 100,000 people from Russian occupation. ![]() Ukrainian forces have swept through a large swath of Russian-held territory across the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine. And almost no one in the Russian media would call it a “war” doing so was a crime. In Russia, meanwhile, public criticism of Putin’s war was rare. When our Global Grid series last convened - just last week - it was still fair to call the war in Ukraine a slog, a war of attrition, one in which gains were made and lost in small increments. ![]()
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