Ukraine’s military has pushed the Russian military about 40 km back from Kharkiv: Senior US Defense Official.

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That would be the top of the Bulge collapsing.

@Render
That's great news!

I'm wondering what's going to happen in the area some are calling "The Cauldron", south of Izium? Seems like they are stalling the advance by blowing up the bridge between Lyman and Sloviansk, but they are going to get trapped if they can't protect Sloviansk.

@jurban You've heard of defense in depth? Ukrainian defenses around the Cauldron area have been building up since about 2015.

@Render
Sure, but Ukr's 57th is said to have been possibly encircled by uawardata.com. Doesn't look like a lot of flexibility to leverage if the tied turns.

@jurban 57th has not been encircled that I know of, and both the Ukrainian 3rd and 4th Armored Brigades are right behind them.

Or Henry hasn't put that on the map yet.

57th defenses are in depth, and they are very deep.

Are those standardized icons on those maps ? @Render @jurban

@Bemet_Or Yes. NATO standard.

@jurban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology

Damn that is cool, seems like it'd take a while to memorize. But would be fun to design. @Render @jurban

" Nearly all symbols are highly stylised and can be drawn by persons almost entirely lacking in artistic skill;" lolol cracked me up @Render @jurban