This is the moment of two mutually exclusive events. One of them is the theater of imperialist expansion organized in Moscow.. The other is the slow, methodical advance of the Ukrainian army on poorly secured Russian positions..

Today has exposed the huge gulf between Russian ambitions and reality.. While Vladimir Putin held a fake ceremony watched on a specially installed large screen by an organized crowd in Moscow, his troops were losing a strategically important city in the Donbass, writes CNN.

The signing of two decrees on the annexation of the Khernson and Zaporozhye regions on Thursday evening was the beginning of the Potemkin farce. After all, part of the Zaporozhye region is still under the control of Ukraine. And the Ukrainian troops piece by piece liberate the Kherson region. But Moscow stated that it was at this time that these occupied regions suddenly became Russia.. The publication recalls the deaths of at least 23 civilians, most likely hit by an S-300 missile, when they tried to bring humanitarian aid to the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region and evacuate those who were allowed to leave. And this act of cruelty took place on the first day of the existence of these territories under the proclaimed "

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian offensive is gaining momentum.. Ukrainian troops have concentrated on the railway junction in the city of Liman, which has become extremely important for Russian control over the Luhansk region.. Ukrainian soldiers posted a video in front of the local administration building in Yampol, from which Russian troops apparently retreated. This means that Russian forces in Liman are completely isolated.. However, units of the regular Russian army, the National Guard and " Regardless of what they choose: fight or surrender, this will not affect the Ukrainian offensive in any way.. CNN compares the situation of the Russians with the one in which they found themselves in Izyum. The coming days will show whether Liman will become the same key to the entire Luhansk region.

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This methodical and confident progress is a cold dose of reality for the Kremlin, which still seems to think it can dictate reality by brute force.. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that Russia does not control will need to be “liberated”. This statement shows that Moscow is completely ignoring the fact that the movement on the battlefield is going in exactly the opposite direction..

What to do? Moscow still seems to believe that " But for now, it only seems to highlight the gap between reality and fiction, between modern methods of warfare and Russia's belief in numbers and stubbornness.. Russia continues to make head-on attacks, using as many forces as possible and hoping that tens of thousands of poorly trained and armed conscripts will be able to capture positions that the Russian army has not been able to capture so far.. But they have to face a modernized Ukrainian army that has precision Western weapons and useful tactical advice, an army that is simply better at maneuvering.. Why attack the city \?

The cracks in Putin's Potemkin world are becoming visible. CNN recalls how he recently publicly scolded Russian officials for failing to comply with a partial mobilization order.. More than 200 thousand Russians fled the country from this mobilization, which is significantly more than the number of those wearing military uniforms during the same time..

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However, the world is again faced with the question of what nuclear weapons are capable of when conventional military forces cannot achieve their goals.? It is important to remember that a nuclear state usually becomes nuclear when it has a solid base of conventional forces.. With the exception of Pakistan and North Korea, most nuclear-weapon states are able to achieve military objectives without the use of a " But Russia constantly proves that its army is not capable of fulfilling the task that was set before it.. And this failure likely says a lot about the readiness of Russian nuclear forces: how can the Kremlin be sure that its nuclear arsenal is in proper condition if it cannot refuel its tanks 50 kilometers from the Russian border?

The coming days are going to be quite busy.. Therefore, no one should look for the answer to this question.. But for the whole world, the gap between what Russia wants and what is actually happening is becoming more and more obvious.. This abyss is filled with fear and militant rhetoric. Moscow's reaction will determine what kind of world everyone will live in in the coming decades.