Izyum, a key strategic city for them, town for them, if they try to create that horseshoe occupation which is what it seems that putin is going for before the may 9th victory day parade claiming that all of theic objectives are met. and with foreboding, the russians will push an offense and that said, mariupol, a city that is meant to fall in many, many weeks ago, still holding out. and down to their last ukrainian defenders. and all projections indicate that this city will fall. but the purpose of this fierce stallen grad style resistance has been to essentially distract the russians there while the ukrainians can kind of prepare for the big battle of the east to come. and already pressing ahead with counter offensives. how important is this date of may 9 l1thl0 in your estimation, and they re aware by the chatter that something may be connected