“Kill all the generals”, wrote an underground Russian blogger on Telegram, the messaging app, as the collapse of Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine gathered momentum. The information war is as hot as ever.
Ukraine has seen the biggest movement on the battlefield since the Russian invasion. Its forces have taken vital communication hubs at Kupiansk and Izyum, and driven out the Russians to try to build a defensive line east of the river Oskil. If the Russians can’t hold this line, the eastern region of Donbas is open. Vladimir Putin declared his special operation was to defend Luhansk and Donetsk. His troops didn’t succeed in Donetsk, and now look like losing Luhansk.
