monstars.bsky.social @monstars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The position and its approaches have to stay suppressed until they arrive, and by then there may be little left worth occupying. 1141
monstars.bsky.social @monstars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That matters because the wide orbit failed. Its purpose was to keep the hardest fighting away from the urban core: work the flanks, cut the roads, narrow the logistics, and squeeze the defenders out before the city itself has to be taken. 1140
monstars.bsky.social @monstars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With the northern arm gone, that radius has collapsed inward. Russia is left pressing Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the east while the southern edge is shaved back village by village. 1140
