Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.

[brooklynite]

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Source: New York Times

With less than 48 hours before the Victory Day holiday commemorating the Soviet vanquishing of Nazi Germany, Russian forces were being pushed back near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, underlining the challenge facing President Vladimir V. Putin as he tries to portray a triumph to the Russian people in an increasingly grinding war of attrition.

Russian forces blew up three bridges over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said, as they were forced back toward the northeast border of Kharkiv, a major target of their offensive since the war began. The sprawling city just 25 miles from the Russian border has important strategic and symbolic resonance for the Kremlin because it is closer to Russia than any other large Ukrainian city, has a large Russian-speaking population, and has been presented in the Kremlin’s version of history as a place that demonstrates the folly of Ukraine trying to live apart from Russia.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/07/world/ukraine-russia-war-news/here-are-the-latest-developments-in-the-war-in-ukraine?smid=url-copy

[ananda]

1. Is there such a thing as a Pyrrhic loss?

That's what it looks like for Putin.

[oldsoftie]

2. Maybe a Phallic loss fits better?

[JudyM]

3. Locking

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