Western intelligence says that the Ukrainian army has a strong chance of defeating the Russian army west of the Dnipro. But do you have enough energy? What is Russia doing? Assessing the situation.
In the first days of the war, Russian tanks rolled into southwestern Ukraine like running water. In the first shock, the Ukrainian army seemed unable to fight the invaders. On February 25, the Kremlin forces crossed the Dnipro River and continued to cross the Mikolajiv River. The port city of Odessa seemed within reach – and it is the gateway to Transnistria, the fictional Russian state of Moldova.