Ukraine awaits US aid, but plans to take back lost territory have been shelved.
In the coming weeks, Vladimir Putin will be throwing all he’s got against a stretch of high ground between the Russian occupied town of Bahkmut and the city of Kramatorsk to gain complete control of Ukraine’s Donbass region and score a decisive, if limited, victory over the government in Kyiv. At least two Russian divisions with close air support are relentlessly attacking Ukrainian fortifications in Chasiv Yar, a ridge town dominating the Siverskyi Donetsk river valley that contains an industrial triangle of cities serving as Ukraine’s logistical hub and forward headquarters.
