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
monstars.bsky.social @monstars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At that distance the arithmetic reverses. Ukraine flies from inside the belt, with crews, workshops and roads behind it; Russia has to push the same system forward over exposed ground. Every kilometre closer shortens Ukrainian logistics and lengthens Russian ones. 1130
