You have the sides reversed: Russia pulled back on both flanks (Kharkiv and Kherson) to preserve men, while Ukraine grindered men in Bakhmut and Kursk and the

You have the sides reversed: Russia pulled back on both flanks (Kharkiv and Kherson) to preserve men, while Ukraine grindered men in Bakhmut and Kursk and the “summer offensive”. One of the interesting aspects of this war is that Russia has a much better understanding of attritional war than either Ukraine or NATO.