CONTINUES…

Additionally it’s arguable it has no long term value, launching an offensive from there into such heavy defences would be suicidal next year. And if the Russians don’t try now, they will try later and it’s still never going to be worth the cost to defend it to death simply because it took so much to take.
It’s just one of those things you have to suck up and live with. Live to fight another day, learn from it and move on.

Ukraine is still here, still fighting, still making Russian life a misery on the front.
Russia is sorely depleted, expends huge resources for little gain but remains committed to carrying on regardless of its death toll.
Ukraine is costing Russia more than it ever imagined. Can they even remember that this was meant to be over in three days?

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!