5/29/24 Ukraine:
1. Zelensky claimed that the Russians are preparing another limited offensive NW of Kharkiv in order to further overstretch and put pressure on the ground force. Previous to that some open sources claimed some 10,000 troops in the area and this grouping is expanding in size.
2. A new wonder-weapon crusade- this time Ukraine is lobbying to get the USA to allow them to attack targets inside of Russia with US missiles in the northern front. Sweden will send a large arsenal of APCs to Ukraine .
3. Battle lines are now positional again and Russia accomplished its objective- Ukraine sent in numerous formations from their reserves or other fronts, including the NATO trained units that were burned out and were undergoing rebuilding. Russian army has not escalated the offensive and is opting for a war of position again.
Some estimate that Ukraine has 20,000 troops in the area and now heavily outnumber the Russian ground force that made the attack. New Russian formations have also arrived in second echelon but are not attacking.
4. A very real possibility is that Russia does what Ukraine claims and re-open the Sumy front with a similar local offensive, forcing another dispersion of Ukrainian resources and troops.