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I note that Ukraine seems to be expending a lot of effort to recapture some small towns north of the SD river on the line between Izyum and Siversk.  These towns all lie on the rail route between those cities, which also connects to Bakhmut.  Of course we've seen plenty of discussion about the importance of GLOC, especially rail supply lines, and how Ukraine's recapture of Kupyansk presaged the collapse of Russia's entire presence west of the Oskil river.  If that strategy of recapturing supply lines continues to work in the same way, then the current Ukrainian offensive seems like it could be meaningful.  Yet, looking at a map, it also seems like that rail line would be exceedingly difficult to defend from Russian artillery fire and/or sabotage.  It actually seems like the same type of GLOC parallel to the line of contact that proved so vulnerable to attack just a couple of weeks ago.  And there appear to be internal GLOC, including rail, that are more secure and still make their way from Izyum to Bakhmut.  So my question is whether you all think the success of Ukraine's attempt to recapture towns like Lyman and Yampil along this seemingly redundant and vulnerable rail line is actually a meaninful strategic offensive.  As of now, I'm a little skeptical.

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I note that Ukraine seems to be expending a lot of effort to recapture some small towns north of the SD river on the line between Izyum and Siversk.  These towns all lie on the rail route between those cities, which also connects to Bakhmut.  Of course we've seen plenty of discussion about the importance of GLOC, especially rail supply lines, and how Ukraine's recapture of Kupyansk presaged the collapse of Russia's entire presence west of the Oskil river.  If that strategy of recapturing supply lines continues to work in the same way, then the current Ukrainian offensive seems like it could be meaningful.  Yet, looking at a map, it also seems like that rail line would be exceedingly difficult to defend from Russian artillery fire and/or sabotage.  It actually seems like the same type of GLOC parallel to the line of contact that proved so vulnerable to attack just a couple of weeks ago.  And there appear to be internal GLOC, including rail, that are more secure and still make their way from Izyum to Bakhmut.  So my question is whether you all think the success of Ukraine's attempt to recapture towns like Lyman and Yampil along this seemingly redundant and vulnerable rail line is actually a meaninful strategic offensive.  As of now, I'm a little skeptical.