Russian Ops in Ukraine: Donbas Cauldron(s) Closing, US-NATO Options Running Out

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for June 6, 2022:

- Russian forces continue encirclement and elimination of Ukrainian forces in the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk cauldron;
- During encirclements in Syria, similar “offensives” were attempted as acts of desperation;
- Claims of Ukrainian “counter-offensives” are a distraction from the overall, imminent strategic defeat these forces face in the cauldron;
- Other “offensives” near Kherson and outside of Kharkov have failed to make any strategic gains and represent political distractions for Ukraine’s strategic defeat;
- HIMARS, additional artillery systems, drones, and other heavy weapons will not change the tide of the conflict - Russia is winning because of air power, air defenses, logistics, advantages in correlation of forces;
- Western media continues to pivot from “Ukrainian victory” to a more sober realization of Ukrainian losses and its bleak outlook for the future.

References:

Guardian - Ukraine forces ‘recapture 20% of territory lost in Sievierodonetsk’ – as it happened:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/jun/03/russia-ukraine-war-latest-moscow-now-controls-a-fifth-of-ukrainian-territory-zelenskiy-live
Reuters - First cargo ship leaves Mariupol since Russia took the city - separatist leader:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/first-ship-leaves-mariupol-since-russia-took-city-separatist-leader-2022-05-31/
Alexander Mercouris (The Duran) - Russia Repulses Ukraine Counterattacks, West Reporters Speak of Crisis for Kiev in Donbass:
https://youtu.be/CCX0xRyX_QI
Alex Christoforou - EU happy to buy India's oil. Severodonetsk fog of war. Putin 'crunching them like nuts.' Update 1:
https://youtu.be/UhlE4Z1szSc
Institute for the Study of War (ISW) - RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 4:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-4
TASS - Fuss over arms deliveries to Kiev aims to stretch out conflict in Ukraine, Putin says:
https://tass.com/politics/1460781
Guardian - Himars: what are the advanced rockets US is sending Ukraine?:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/01/himars-what-are-the-advanced-rockets-us-is-sending-ukraine
Yahoo News - Spain ready to give Ukraine 40 Leopard tanks, anti-aircraft systems, El Pais writes:
https://news.yahoo.com/spain-ready-ukraine-40-leopard-143800200.html
The National Interest - Turkey's Leopard 2 Tanks Are Getting Crushed in Syria:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/turkeys-leopard-2-tanks-are-getting-crushed-syria-95396
TASS - Russia says it struck artillery training center with foreign staff outside Sumy:
https://tass.com/military-operation-in-ukraine/1460667
US Department of Defense - Dr. Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Holds a Press Briefing (June 1):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3049912/dr-colin-kahl-under-secretary-of-defense-for-policy-holds-a-press-briefing/
BBC - 'I watched from afar Russia’s latest merciless assault on Severodonetsk':
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61634050
Guardian - Russia is winning the economic war - and Putin is no closer to withdrawing troops: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/02/russia-economic-war-ukraine-food-fuel-price-vladimir-putin

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