Putin's forces retreating from some areas:

[applegrove]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/world/europe/russia-ukraine-kharkiv-victory-day.html

"SNIP....

Russian Pullback Seen Near Kharkiv, Despite Victory Day Push for Gains

May 7, 2022, 6:14 p.m. ETMay 7, 2022



Michael Schwirtz, Cora Engelbrecht and Megan Specia at the NYTimes


SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russia’s push to give its president a showcase victory in Ukraine appeared to face a new setback on Saturday, as Ukrainian defenders pushed the invaders back toward the northeast border and away from the city of Kharkiv, with the Russians blowing up bridges behind them.

With less than 48 hours before President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia aimed to lead his country in Victory Day celebrations commemorating the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany, the apparent Russian pullback from the area around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, contradicted the Russian narrative and illustrated the complicated picture along the 300-mile front in eastern Ukraine.

The Russians have been trying to advance in eastern Ukraine for the past few weeks and have been pushing especially hard as Victory Day approaches, but Ukrainian forces — armed with new weapons supplied by the United States and other Western nations — have been pushing back in a counteroffensive.

The destruction of three bridges by Russian forces, about 12 miles northeast of Kharkiv, reported by the Ukrainian military, suggested that the Russians not only were trying to prevent the Ukrainians from pursuing them, but had no immediate plans to return.

......SNIP"

[Tetrachloride]

1. NY Times is blocking me Edit on Safari

I used an alternate browser.

[applegrove]

2. I did an out-take.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Here's the archive link...

https://archive.ph/YIbT7

The archive search page link for future reference.

https://archive.ph/

❤

[SunSeeker]

3. Kinda hard to celebrate victory when you're defeated, eh Ivan?

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Thanks for sharing this, applegrove. ❤

Here's a link to the home page for The Institute for the Study of War. They post daily summaries you might find interesting.

https://www.understandingwar.org/

Thanks again.

[applegrove]

7. I don't follow war tactics that closely. I thought Russians burning or destroying

bridges as they left Kharkiv was a good sign they were not planning to attack there again.

[dchill]

10. Also, they really don't want to be followed.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Yep, that bridge burning is a big tell. Poor bastards. The ISW site isn't

Really about tactics. It's really a review of the daily happenings. That's why your post made me think about it. I try to read it every night. I'm looking for any hopeful sign I can find.

Thanks for sharing the article. It was very interesting. ❤

[applegrove]

12. We all try and cope with f***Ed up autocrats in our own ways. And in ways

that bring us together.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. 🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻 Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Kaleva]

8. The big RU offensive in the East has fizzeled

[dchill]

9. Ukrainian forces are glorious party-poopers!

[applegrove]

13. "Putty poopers"

[Raine]

14. Very good!! 👍 nt