Two things that are notable in this report.
Mediazona’s own data do not align with their spin of “massive’ Russian losses.
If the Ukrainian do mobilize a further 500,000 they are dependent on Western support to arm and train them.
Since Western support is in doubt, the Ukrainians don’t want to take to unpopular step of the additional mobilization...
I guess we just have to wait until it all caves in.
I agree. I’ve wondered why the Russians seem to have a propensity for assaulting heavily defended fortress cities rather than simply encircling them and starving them out. I suppose the Zeeper non-answer would be “because they are stooopid.” But a more rationale response would be that they find assaulting the cities preferable to fighting over the countryside, all things considered. I suspect when all is said and done, we’ll find the cities really were a meat-grinder, but not for the Russians.