#ukraine

*this will be a thread, please hold all responses/questions until you see EoT at the end of the thread.

Confirmation that N Korea is sending "artillery" to Russia.

There seems to be some question as to whether this means guns/rocket launchers or shells. There is another question regarding if this is a one time deal or an ongoing pipeline.

But Ukraine has already captured N Korean artillery ammo, which would seem to indicate an ongoing pipeline.

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The Russians seem to have rebuilt at least part of their supply of long range missiles and have resumed using those missiles on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure.

The Russian air force has also gone very active with strikes all along the front lines over the last two to three weeks (they are at least hitting military targets).

Russian repairs to the Kerch bridge are slightly ahead of schedule and progressing rapidly.

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All but a couple of the new Ukrainian brigades are now in or near the front line. Most of the last batch going to the Eastern front where they appear to be replacing or reinforcing older formations

Ukrainian bite and hold tactics continue successfully in two locations on the Eastern front (north and south of Bakhmut) and two locations on the Southern front (Robotyne and Marine bulges).

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Russian forces defending in those four locations are still slowly collapsing into their second line of fortifications. Several Russian brigade sized formations have all but disappeared from the maps (the flag representing them on the map is still there but there aren't many troops under that flag).

In a couple of locations the Russians have resorted to using Spetznaz formations as counter attack forces...and still failed to stop the Ukrainians.

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