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Still, snake island was one of the few Russian successes in the war.  Since then,the Russian warship that was politely told to screw itself obliged by sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea, and the Russian force that took the island is toast.  Somewhere Pyrrhus of Epirus is smiling to himself.

BC

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Meanwhile, Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive to relieve the pressure around Kharkiv, and drive some Russian forces back over the border. ISW doesn’t think that the Ukrainians will be able to threaten Russian supply lines to Izium, and that is probably correct but the Ukrainians have surprised us before.

Happy Victory Day.

BC

[BostonCard]

Still, snake island was one of the few Russian successes in the war.  Since then,the Russian warship that was politely told to screw itself obliged by sinking to the bottom of the Black Sea, and the Russian force that took the island is toast.  Somewhere Pyrrhus of Epirus is smiling to himself.

BC

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/thestudyofwar/status/1523019179896741888?s=21&t=Fzg39sRm2V9dcek-5tFlmg[/tweet]

Meanwhile, Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive to relieve the pressure around Kharkiv, and drive some Russian forces back over the border. ISW doesn’t think that the Ukrainians will be able to threaten Russian supply lines to Izium, and that is probably correct but the Ukrainians have surprised us before.

Happy Victory Day.

BC