the coming weeks. on one side you will have the russians trying to move in here from izyum. they re trying to build combat power in this location. separately from luhansk they re trying to move over. their goal essentially is to seal off different portions here and here, such that they trap pockets of the ukrainian military. if they can trap them, they will essentially cut them off from resupply, similar to what they re doing in mariupol. what i would note when you look at what is going on the ukrainians they are putting up a stiff fight inis yum. sloviansk will be a place to watch as the battle plays out. it is key because it allows the ukrainians to defend along this access and here from donetsk. it is a race, can the russians resupply quicker on this axis or can the ukrainians resupply quicker in terms of the defense. when you zoom out and look at