on february 24th of the latest russian invasion of ukraine. but the reality on the ground is that the ukrainians are grappling with another russian offensive. they believe that the much vaunted spring offensive has come early, effectively with very intensive attacks by professional military personnel from the russian airborne divisions in the eastern part of the country and also renewed activity around the city or rather town of bakhmut. now, that is a town that has been very, very bloody focus of the russian efforts with these wave upon wave upon wave of attacks by conscripts and volunteers from the wagner mercenary group being thrown into a battle that they're simply not going to survive, and winning ground incrementally at gigantic human cost. now on the ground, fighters on the ukrainian side are saying