[About the “Ukrainian victories:”]
“Soldiers in the past week portrayed the battlefield losses as “high” and “massive.” They described large offensives in which Ukrainian tanks and vehicles tried to cross open fields only to be pounded mercilessly by Russian artillery and mines”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/world/europe/ukraine-south-kherson-russia.html
I actually though the Ukies are going to get Lyman given their vastly superior numbers. If they can’t do even that then these stories of victories worth nothing.