[caww]

Looks and sounds like Russian pre-emptive srikes against Ukraines upcoming counteroffensive......The size of the fire in Pavlohrad may have hit an arms depot.

[Tom Tetroxide]

The mud must be to the point of drying out enough that offensives and counter-offensives can be mounted. The pre-emptive airstrikes, like you are saying, are being used to stop, prevent, or significantly blunt it before it even begins.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Missiles Strike Pavlograd; US Military: Russia More Powerful Now, Biden Looks for Way Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzxRjnnKDb4&ab_channel=AlexanderMercouris