Sigh. I’d really like to avoid this thread going around and around and down the drain. If there’s one one or two “notable developments” every few months and the thread is barely active that would be fine by me. A big reason I started it was to have a place to post some of the most interesting developments I’ve observed without having to start a separate thread every time or spending a lot of time arguing back and forth. I’ve not posted some of the best stuff I’ve seen exactly because I didn’t want to discuss it ad nauseum with the same cast members (and now I can’t find some of what I passed up).

After repeatedly claiming the capture of Kupiansk, it appears that the Ukrainians have cut off and encircled the Russians inside the city. Not really that notable but the second time in recent months something like that has happened (the first was the breakthrough northeast of Pokrovsk a few months back). Wondering if it was a trap. Probably not but was fun seeing pictures of Zelensky there trolling Putin.