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Ukraine Military Situation: Russian Military Pursuing Costly Offensive Campaign – Analysis
By Can Kasapoğlu
**1.* *Battlefield Assessment**
The Ukrainian Armed Forces remain on the defensive while the Russian military is pursuing a costly offensive campaign designed to take advantage of favorable force-to-terrain and force-on-force ratios. Russian units are advancing on Avdiivka despite mounting material and...