1.) No. As described in my articles: they've attacked from the west.

2.) Tragedy for Ukrainians KIA, WIA and MIA there, yes. In grand total: the Russians squandered another two BTGs to capture.... 'another…

1.) No. As described in my articles: they've attacked from the west.

2.) Tragedy for Ukrainians KIA, WIA and MIA there, yes. In grand total: the Russians squandered another two BTGs to capture.... 'another village'.

3.) Because Ukrainians counterattacked.

3.B.) Because Putin is in a mad rush to capture Slovyansk but critically short on troops - and thus even BTGs that are down to 200 or less troops are sent into combat. And when 10 such BTGs down by 50-70% of their nominal strength are not enough, he's trying it with 20+....