Definitely. Not every field is just like any other.
Melitopol is the one huge weak point in the entire system. If the troops in Kherson and Crimea can be cut of from the train line and highway, everything west of it is on immediate life support. (Or rather, off it.)
But I'm not sure what that will mean for the Donbas. I don't see the Russian just retreating back behind the border, and with a massively shortened front, they might be much more able to hold it for a long time.
Yora
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