Reports Of Major RF Breakthrough In Donbas

The Russian military has been gaining momentum for the past week. Today come reports of the occupation of Severodonetsk, a key forward defensive position for the Ukrainian military on the east bank of the Seversky Donets river. Whether there still remain clearing actions, the fall of Severodonetsk has been only a matter of time:

MI NEWS @SNMilitary

BREAKING: "The Nazi have been defeated. All their position have been destroyed. Severodonetsk had been LIBERATED. Severodonetsk under the full controls of Russian troops" - Ramzan Kadyrov

Brezel @ChristianActu

@SNMilitary “We ask Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not to use us as cannon fodder. At this time we cannot perform the missions on the front line because we are understaffed and morally we have not recovered" 58th Ukrainian Brigade/13th Battalion.

It’s been reported for days now that only one bridge remained open leading to the west side of the river, so it’s unlikely that much, if any, heavy equipment could be evacuated. Indeed, the likelihood is of large numbers of surrendering Ukrainian troops.

Cue the wild accordion music and dancing Chechens:

Serbian Warrior 1389 🇷🇸 #IStandWithRussia @Idelija2

Severodonetsk was liberated. We have to celebrate it with victory dance URA BRACO #Russia #Ukraine

What this means:

UkraineNews @Ukraine66251776

ALERT Russian Troops at the door of #Slavyansk Ukrainian authorities of Slovyansk urge the population to evacuate as soon as possible EVACUATE NOW !! also #Kramatorsk #Bakhmut

EU understands, but still playing games to avoid Neocon wrath:

₦₳V𝚜𝚝é𝚟𝚊 🇷🇺 @Navsteva

They're begging because they know Ukraine is losing. Russia will never agree to such a ridiculous proposal. The entire southeast of former Ukraine is lost, never to be regained. And, that's just for starters.

Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel

The leaders of Germany and France held a phone call with Vladimir Putin on Saturday, in which they pressed the Russian President to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and withdraw Russia's troops from the country - CNN

Putin should understand that this is an existential struggle. No point even in a ceasefire in place, much less with withdrawal.

This seems like a good place to include a discussion of Russian tactics:

Brief Ukraine War Update

The Russians spent the previous month carving Ukrainian forces in the Donbas into relatively small, isolated concentrations of troops. Then they proceeded to savage them with massed artillery 24/7.

Now they are methodically advancing their mobile infantry into the shattered remnants under an umbrella of low-level close air support and drone-corrected precision artillery strikes.

Consequently, the demoralized Ukrainian soldiers are surrendering en masse.

Western mainstream media has, for three months now, fed its audience a never-ending clown car parade of utterly clueless "expert military analysts" who have spun fairy tales of super-hero Ukrainian "freedom fighters" and comically inept Russian conscripts.

That narrative is now souring as rapidly as the cream of the AFU in the Donbas.

No doubt much fighting remains – particularly in the Odessa region as Russia consolidates the entire Black Sea coast of Novorossiya. But the final outcome of this war is no longer in question.

After a sometimes uncertain start, the Russians have rapidly adapted their tactics and are now systematically routing Ukrainian forces across the entire front, including the ill-advised Ukrainian "counter-offensive" north of Kharkov, which is now being torn apart.

It is my considered opinion that, for many years to come, this war will be widely studied in war colleges around the world as a definitive example of expertly prosecuted 21st century urban warfare.

Perhaps most significantly, looking forward to potential NATO/Russia conflict, the Russian military has quickly evolved into a battle-hardened and surprisingly nimble and quick-to-adapt fighting force. The US has not faced such a force since WW2.