Russia Donetsk Advance, Promises to Retake Kherson, Ignores US Diplomatic Advances, Talks to Iran (Alexander Mercouris)

It looks like the objective for Russia is to keep up the attrition war tactic. The Ukrainian side is losing a lot more personnel and equipment than the Russian side, despite what the mainstream media is claiming.

Related:

Russia's De-militarization of Ukraine Continues - US Sending Decades-Old Arms to Kiev (TheNewAtlas)
- Russia completes withdrawal from Kherson city to east bank of the Dnieper River;
- Ukraine has lost its last major opportunity to corner and destroy/capture large numbers of Russian forces/equipment;
- Russia continues stated process of de-militarizing Ukraine;
- US aid to Ukraine becomes increasingly unrealistic - Hawk missiles designed in the 1960s and unused for 2 decades are being "refurbished" for a lack of better options;
- "Avenger" systems to be sent in small numbers (4) which are essentially Stinger missiles attached to a Hummer - after training for Ukrainian operators is completed;
- Dwindling amounts of basic ammunition continue to be sent to Ukraine, prolonging the conflict, but not in quantities to even allow Ukraine to hold what it has;
- As Russian forces withdrew from Kherson city, they advanced elsewhere in southern and northern Donbass.


[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, November 15, 2022.]