Russian
advances continue - roads out of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk cauldron under
Russian artillery fire; - Ukraine launches anemic “counter offensives” as
political distractions from strategic catastrophe unfolding for them in the
Donbas;
Ukraine,
Western media float notion of Ukrainian retreat in Donbas; - Western media
beginning to cover full scale of Ukraine’s continued defeat;
Multiple
Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) may still be sent, just not with long-range
missiles; - US MLRS have steep logistical needs, large physical footprint that
will make them cumbersome, easy to spot and destroy;
Other
“wonder weapons” are being cleared off the battlefield in a similar manner,
including most recently Italian FH70 howitzers; - Javelin and Stingers will
take years to replace; - Nothing short of a direct NATO intervention will
reverse course for Ukraine.