As Major Oleksandr described the situation in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region, he apologized that his eyes sometimes strayed from his laptop camera to a monitor beside him, where he could see feeds of Ukrainian drones flying near Kostyantynivka.Oleksandr, who goes by the callsign Perepel, which means quail, is the chief of staff for the drone battalion Spalakh, or flare. It operates under the 28th Mechanized Brigade. As per Ukrainian military protocol, he is not being identified by his full name. As Ukraine enters its fifth summer fighting off Russia’s full-scale invasion, military analysts say the country may hold a slight tactical advantage in some sectors, having clawed back territory and further stalled Russian forces. Do you think that Ukraine is being trapped ?
