Interesting. ‘It is expected’ caught my eye as such an odd term to use

Has no Putin stamp. I’m doing update

Here is another post from yesterday on the more serious matter of the battle for Pokrovsk and the question of whether Ukrainian forces should withdraw. samf.substack.com/p/retreat-de...

Don’t think the conditions make it possible to mass forces and give them sufficient mobility for a real breakthrough - there is always the risk of an army that has been ground down just collapsing- more likely than a set-piece battle.