With Nuland,Kristol and Keane involved here, ISW is the closest thing to an official mouthpiece for Uke propaganda.
What they don’t mention is that the Rus withdrawal from Kharkov has duped the the Ukies into giving up their advantageous artillery spotter positions in tall buidings there. Rus lured the ukes to move artillery closer to the front lines so now they can’t shield them at hospitals,schools,and residential areas which limited Rus strike capability as they try to avoid civilian collateral damage. Now that Uke artillery has been lured out, the Rus can shell them more efficiently.
“...Rus withdrawal from Kharkov has duped the the Ukies into giving up their advantageous artillery spotter positions in tall buidings there.”
Why would Ukes give up advantageous artillery spotter positions? Why couldn’t they use telescopes to spot Russian concentrations that would now be further away and unable to shell the city as much? Since when has the Rus strike capability been trying to avoid civilian collateral damage? Most indications are that they LOVE civilian collateral damage as they have achieved so much of it.
“Rus withdrawal from Kharkov has duped the the Ukies into giving up their advantageous artillery spotter positions in tall buidings there”
You mean like the sneaky Russian plan to lose thousands of troops, including the front line paratroopers as well as hundreds of tanks, armed personnel carriers and the flag ship Moskva, all in a “feint”??
No, the Russians lost kharkiv and they are retreating haphazardly.