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Russia's Frontline Tradeoffs: The Strategy of Every Current Battle in Ukraine - William Spaniel
It is a busy time in Eastern Ukraine. Russia is pressing in a whole bunch of different locations, leading to some interesting military tensions all the way down the line. Today's video looks at all of the hotspots and examines what Russia is up to in each of them. From the attempted encirclements outside of Luhansk to the siege of Vuhledar, it will be a festival of lines on maps.
0:00 The Lines in the East Are Moving
0:59 Overview of the Front
3:06 Russia's Military Feasibility Question
4:15 Russia's Political Feasibility Question
5:38 Russia's Defensibility Question
6:42 The Dnipro River Front
9:07 The Zaporizhzhia Front
10:55 The Luhansk Front
14:45 The Bakhmut Front
15:52 The Vuhledar Front
17:44 The Pokrovsk Front
19:19 Overview of Donetsk