they may do ....or not ......but have made it hard for...

they may do ....or not ......but have made it hard for themselves to get beyond the river ....which was going to be very hard anyway

the point is .....it's still 18% .....and that in the context of the shell shortage and pause in US aid

if you stand back and look at the bigger picture ....you could only describne the russ performance in this war as SH*T
And if I was supporting russia I couldn't pretend different .

yes russ have taken ground consistantly recently ...yes russia have had the momentum for several months .....but the ground taken is pitifully small in full context .