The columnist Julian Roppke from the German newspaper Bild wrote on social media that after a long period of combat, the Russian forces now have a very favorable position on the battlefield in Ukraine, which has made their appetite bigger, and they want to simultaneously capture four strategic strongholds: Konstantinovka on the Don, Krasnoarmeysk-Timoshkov, Kupiansk, and Seversk.
These four strategic strongholds are currently surrounded by Russian forces on three sides, and most of their supply lines have been cut off. The Russian forces do not need to make large-scale advances because they have already reached the front of these four strategic strongholds. For places like Krasnoarmeysk-Timoshkov and Kupiansk, the Russian forces have already entered them, so the Russian forces only need to advance a few kilometers for all four strategic strongholds.
Julian Roppke believes that the Russian forces can simultaneously capture the four strategic strongholds in the coming months, and at that time, the entire battlefield situation will change dramatically.
Julian Roppke is now very pessimistic about the Ukrainian army and does not believe that the Ukrainian forces have the power to turn the tide. Julian Roppke has always been pro-Ukrainian, but recently, seeing the Ukrainian forces retreating comprehensively on the battlefield, he has continuously criticized the Ukrainian military and political leadership.
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