Russia is winning the war; therefore any peace negotiations will favour them.

People are so hooked up on hopium, and are looking at this from an idealist point of view. War doesn't work like a Hollywood movie where the good guys win and the bad guys lose. The stronger side wins and the weaker side loses - at least in a war of attrition.

The fact that people think THIS plan is unacceptable to Ukraine is insane to me and shows how delusional many have gotten. With how things are going, in the next year and a half Ukraine likely will have been defeated.

Even for people who see this war as a linear "Russia took X number of kilometres in Y amount of time, therefore it will take 200 years for them to get to Kyiv" are being proven wrong by reality now. Using that logic, at this current rate of advance, Russia will reach the Dnipro River at Zaporizhzhia City (a city of over 700k people) in less than a year. The linear claim used to be 90 years, or 1,000 years.

"Oh, but Russia could just leave, why should Ukraine cede territory!" Trump could also resign today, Elon Musk could donate $50 Billion to charity. The amount of brain rotting shit that people try to portray as actual arguments is mind numbing.

This isn't how war works. Why would Russia leave? They are winning and know they will win if they keep pushing. People are seriously conflating reality with their perception of an ideal situation, and the fact that this opinion is so widely accepted and promoted is proof of what emotional attachments to entities (Ukraine), and propaganda can do.

Explosion in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Iskander-M ballistic missile strike.

In the Vovchansk direction, Russian forces continued to advance in and around Vovchansk, making new progress in two different areas.

In the northeast, Russian forces expanded their zone of control in the denser low-rise residential areas in the south of the city, eventually reaching its eastern edge. They also crossed the highway further north, entering the southeastern neighbourhoods and capturing the technical school along with around 9 more residential blocks.

To the southwest, after entering the main part of Synelnykove, Russian forces quickly pushed to its eastern outskirts, completing the capture of the village. From there, they entered the Tsehelne industrial facilities and established full control over them and the surrounding forested areas.

+ ~2.93 km² in favour of Russia.

For all those saying I'm a psyop account living in Russia 😁

In the Borova direction, Russian forces continued to advance towards the village of Novoplatonivka and have reached the low-lying ground next to the Oskil River.

After securing the main section of the tactical heights, Russian forces advanced downhill to the southwest along two gulleys, capturing new positions in the forest plantations there. They also captured a treeline west of a tributary of the Oskil River, and marginally advanced in Borivska Andriivka, entering the western part of the village.

+ ~4.54 km² in favour of Russia.

In the Khotin direction, both Russian and Ukrainian forces are advancing, each attempting to retake positions in various areas.

In the east, the remaining Russian soldiers who attempted the earlier pipeline operation were killed/captured. Ukrainian forces subsequently moved back into the positions, resecuring logistics into the village of Varachyne which was now being stormed by Russian troops. Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern street, and Russian soldiers subsequently withdrew from the north after their initial assaults were repelled by Ukrainian FPV drones.

Since then, the Russians have resumed their attacks, carrying out intensive operations aimed at re-entering Varachyne. These attacks have seen mixed results, but they were able to recapture positions in the treeline north of the village.

To the west, Russian forces began a series of attacks aimed at entering the village of Andriivka. This time they advanced from the north, bypassing the large grey zone on the western approaches to Oleksiivka. They were able to capture the rest of a treeline and entrench along the road on the northern outskirts of Andriivka.

Further west, at some point recently, Ukrainian forces were able to clear out the easternmost street of Kindrativka from Russian soldiers who infiltrated the village last month.

+ ~3.05 km² in favour of Ukraine.
+ ~1.43 km² in favour of Russia.

Russian forces have captured the village of Nechaivka, Hulyaipole direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~126.
Total land area: ~0.62 km².

Russian forces have captured the village of Radisne, Hulyaipole direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~164.
Total land area: ~1.03 km².

Russian forces have captured the village of Nove Zaporizhzhya, Hulyaipole direction, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~103.
Total land area: ~1.00 km².

In the Lyman direction and on the northern flank of Siversk, Russian forces have made significant progress, advancing in important parts of the frontline.

In the southeast, after capturing Dronivka, Russian forces advanced to the southwest through the forests to Platonivka, quickly establishing control over the village. They then captured the adjacent treelines and are now trying to advance through the forests and break through the Ukrainian defence at Zakitne. Additionally, the Russians advanced west from their new positions on the northern bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, and captured additional positions in the forests further west.

To the northwest, Russian forces advanced further through the forests west of Yampil and reached the Lyman - Siversk Highway. They then broke into the southern houses of Yampil, allowing for the rest of the village to be cleared. Fighting is now taking place for the strongpoints south and southwest of Yampil in the area of the highway.

Further northwest, following earlier failed attacks, Russian assault groups once again entered the Masliakivka District of Lyman and consolidated in its eastern half. Clearing operations continue in the western part of the district, and unsuccessful attacks took place on the neighbouring Kommunal'nyy District.

+ ~24.50 km² in favour of Russia.

Russian forces have captured the village of Zelenyi Hai, Hulyaipole direction, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~68.
Total land area; ~1.03 km².

Russian forces have captured the village of Vysoke, Hulyaipole direction, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~517.
Total land area: ~0.89 km².

Russian forces advanced east of Rive (Rovnoye), as the Myrnograd pocket continues to collapse slowly.

In case you haven't realised it yet, the Russian MOD claim that Russia captured Kupyansk is false... just like basically every other claim they make in this direction.

Pro-Russians criticising people for trusting certain sources while they blindly trust the Russian Ministry of Defence is wild.

Several reliable Russian sources, along with geolocations from the MOD's own video contradict their claims.

Ukraine General staff Pokrovsk map.

Fuck me I hope this isn't being used for anything other than propaganda, you would risk getting into contact 10km before you expect