From rusky telegram:
According to the military correspondent of German newspaper Bild, Julian Repke, Russian forces over the past two years have created the conditions to, within a few months, conquer or blockade four groups of cities in eastern Ukraine.
This list includes Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, Konstantinovka, Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, Severesk and its environs, as well as Kupiansk with the area east of the Oskol River.
▪️ Repke says that in these directions the Russian forces have occupied hundreds of small settlements and formed semi-insurgencies of towns, in some cases from three sides. According to his assessment, to completely cut the supply lines and conquer up to a thousand square kilometers of territory, they will only have to advance a few kilometers.
▪️ He believes that this scenario could bring Russia closer to conquering the entire Donbass and create a threat to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
This development of events clearly shows: the offensive in the east is by no means just tactical, but has the potential to lead to a strategic breakthrough in the coming months," Repke concluded