Is Russia attempting to encircle and cutoff the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk fortress belt in the donbas? It seems the only thing that can explain why theyre pushing extra hard in bumfuck nowhere in north donetsk on the Lyman front. Considering the Russians are unable to properly assault any city post bakmut, it is likely they are trying to find some way to trap the ukrainian forces guarding the fortress belt and pokrovsk while not engaging in a meat fortress bloodbath.