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Ukraine Blocks Journalists From Front Lines With Escalating Censorship
(theintercept.com)
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To me it seems that the same "carefulness" is being exercised in the counteroffensive. AFAIK majority of the reserves aren't being used. Maybe the government is concerned about the repercussions that a failed counteroffensive could have in terms of the long term support from western countries. In such case they would have every reason to be conservative when doing maneuvers and letting information go public.
What I'm saying that in our world appearances matter (arguably too much), and Ukraine is stuck playing a game to keep foreigners happy. Also note that I have no merits to back up any of these thoughts and I'm pulling them out of my behind.