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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

I guess we'll see, I think the only potential left is in the media at this point. And that's precisely why the west is in a panic again.

I've found Russian military bloggers are drama queens of the highest order. They're really not a useful gauge for what's actually happening.

Also, think about this logically, if the AFU had serious fighting capacity left then they would be defending Sloviansk/Kramatorsk right now instead of doing raids in Zaporozhye. This is by far the most important part of the front. They know they can't hold it, so they're doing 'offensives' to demonstrate that there's fighting capacity left. These have no staying power.