Once the air secured, Russia can bomb everything out of existence. It is a slow, grinding process, but the result is definitive if Russia has unlimited munitions and Ukraine has close to nothing. 8/

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Back to NYTimes: Avdiivka fell to Russian forces on February 17 after months of horrific fighting in which Russia's superior firepower and manpower overwhelmed Ukrainian forces, despite Russia incurring heavy casualties.9/

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Avdiivka is lost. Since January 1, Russia has dropped around 1 million pounds of aerial bombs on an area of just 12 square miles around Avdiivka Let me add: This what delays in air defense and F-16 mean in practice. Russia managed to obtain air superiority there. 7/

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What has been happening in Avdiivka. Let's go to NYTimes as it is a reputable source and its report is consistent with what I hear from other sources and friends. 6/

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The Avdiivka demonstrates the cost of these political delays: human lives, lost territory, and encouraged Russia. If that's the plan "to be with Ukraine as long as it takes", then the US delays in aid have just prolonged the war 4/

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Then to be frank even if the Congress were to pass the support bill last week, the arms wouldn't arrive to Ukraine until months from now. So the legislation should have been passed in the fall the latest. The US chose to pause and allowed Russia to gain and kill more 5/

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Putin seems unstoppable writes WP. The Russian president’s forces are advancing in Ukraine, his main political adversary is dead, U.S. aid to Kyiv is stalled and fear has squelched protests in Moscow. NYTimes reinforces: "Ukraine is in a precarious position" What's next? 1/

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I think Russia will continue their onslaught towards Kramatorsk and Slavyansk and might be successful there soon Of course, the US administration blames Republicans for the failure to pass support for Ukraine, but the failure runs deeper. 2/

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On the morning of February 18, Russian servicemen executed two Ukrainian prisoners of war in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Troops, the press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces reported.

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