Ukraine Blog 52 – Soledar and Surovikin, nothing is what it seems
Dear friends, family and colleagues, Especially regarding the previous update, I was hoping to give you some more positive news in this update. However, the opposite is true. North of the infamous town of Bakhmut, there’s a town called Soledar and Russia is causing severe problems. Problems that could end up in a severe problem for Ukraine and the West, but not for obvious reasons. Or…? Will it? Let’s dive into this. What I’m going to outline here, is based on persistent rumors and not the usual evidence I provide via Twitter feeds, but we know with quite a high degree of certainty that the following happened 1. During a rotation of an Ukrainian brigade in Soledar, the Russians found a weak spot in the Ukrainian line of defense and pressed an assault. At least they managed to perform a partial breakthrough of Ukrainian lines. 2. Where it was expected that frozen ground would give Ukraine the advan...