Signs are growing that Ukrainian forces have penetrated Russian defenses along part of the southern front lines in Zaporizhzhia region and are expanding a wedge toward the strategic town of Tokmak, while stepping up attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian General Staff said Friday there had been further success in two areas – towards the village of Novoprokopivka and further east in the direction of another small settlement, Ocheretuvate.
If they can get 10 miles past Tokmak they can rain hell on the M14 highway with 155mm howitzers, cutting off most supplies reaching Melitopol and areas farther south.
Then if they dig in and hold it becomes a waiting game.Every journalist and news editor that writes up one of these articles about X force making gains in Y region towards Z town without including at least one, if not multiple, maps showing what they’re describing, needs to be brought before the Hague.
The tiny thumbnail they include doesn’t even show Tokmak, let alone the events described in the article
