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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Russians don't need to make decisive offensives because those are very costly as Ukraine discovered last summer. What the Russians are doing is a slow push of attrition all across the front using their superior artillery and air force power. Ukraine and the west are very clearly not able to keep up with that. Now we're already starting to see the signs of the Ukrainian army breaking under pressure with the loss of Avdevka being a prime example of that.