Yes, there are strategically important pieces of territory that must be captured or defended, but there also are vast swaths of plains (we call them prairies here in the United States)
And they called "steppes" in that part of Eurasia, not "plains", you condescending clown.
But second, and more importantly, the entire article is based on the assumption that Russia still has masses of uncommitted, operational tanks with which to swarm those steppes, and an Air Force capable of blasting out of existence any defenders trying to resist that massed armor. The author's source for claiming that over ten thousand of these uncommitted, operational tanks actually exist is a pre-war estimate by a civilian think tank.
Reality says otherwise. There have been ancient T-62's photographed on the battlefield that would have no business entering modern war if Russia had anything better than them remaining. If Russia actually had those massive reserves of operational tanks, they would have used them to counter-attack and annihilate the Ukrainian armored brigades that have operated with impunity in the Northeast for the last month.
But they didn't, because they don't exist.
There is talk of Zelensky spending most of his time in front of a green screen in Poland, excepting a quick trip to Kharkiv for a troop photo-OP. Nothing wrong with this.
Until power is shut off in Kiev. At that point he’s not sharing the burden.
The author may be trying to paint a picture for an American audience that is more familiar with the term "plains" than it is "steppes".
you condescending clown.
Pure projection on your part...pinhead.