They are going to call it quits any time soon. Kamalatov is an uber-warhawk, so lets watch.
Military briefing: Russia ‘overwhelms’ Ukrainian forces on eastern front
https://www.ft.com/content/b4baf76b-294d-496e-8e51-7ed1b8b0e6ca
"Horribly depressing dispatch from Ukraine. It may well be time to revisit the common assumption that Russia cannot take all of the Donbas. Hard to see any change that would allow Ukraine to negotiate from a position of strength any time soon. "
With a combined pre-war population of 100,000, Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are vital for Ukraine’s defence of the eastern front. If they fall, it would endanger the larger cities of Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Slovyansk and significantly boost Russia’s strategic position in the region, Ukrainian commanders warned. Capturing these two hubs would also hurt Ukrainian morale, which had just received a boost from the Kursk incursion, said commanders and soldiers. Russia’s main strategy has remained the same since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022: overpowering Ukrainian forces with sheer might and resource advantages, Phoenix and commanders from four other Ukrainian brigades told the Financial Times this month. They all complained their soldiers were sometimes outnumbered at a ratio of 1:8 and that for every shell fired, Russians were firing 10 or more.
