Artillery shells are among the last things I’d expect Russian forces to run out of, but they are already hard pressed to keep getting them where they need them.
It is emblematic of the high pace of operations, and the high rate of losses. It can’t go on forever.
Most of the land Russia has stolen from Ukraine is areas occupied in the very start of the most recent sneak attack and areas around railheads. There are other areas but that is the bulk. Russia tried large scale military operations around Kyiv, Donbas, etc., and failed impotently. Naturally, their supporters have airbrushed every bit of these failures from their heads.
Most of the land Russia has stolen from Ukraine is areas occupied in the very start of the most recent sneak attack and areas around railheads. There are other areas but that is the bulk. Russia tried large scale military operations around Kyiv, Donbas, etc., and failed impotently. Naturally, their supporters have airbrushed every bit of these failures from their heads.
The current front is a 1,500 mile long arc going north to south. Russia has taken the entirety of Luhansk oblast, and is mopping up on taking the entirety of Donetsk oblast, together comprising the whole of Donbas. When land is taken in war, it is not stolen. Reference the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Israel since 1967.
The Russian front line is attacking Nicolaev. If/when Nicolaev falls, they can procced to Transnistria, and Odesa will be cut off. In the Zaporizhzhia oblast, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is now behind Russian lines.
Mariupol, Severodonetsk, and Lysychansk are former cities of Ukraine. Their remains are now behind Russian lines.
How did Russia do a sneak attack on a 1,500 mile long front?