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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Day 53 impending still not started Battle of Donbas |
| 2022-04-18 |
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Russia has material in place but has not organized battalions into attack configuration.
Ukraine has made some small advances near Kharkiv. If the Russian occupation north of Donbas collapses, it would threaten the logistics of future Russian efforts.
Russia has only a few dozen city blocks from completing the conquest of Mariupol (which they surrounded on 2 March and in which they have a lot of troops working and a lot of troops dying).
Russia will claim the conquest of Mariupol as a victory but it will likely go down as a hollow victory for Russia and a symbol of Russian brutality. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |