Russian forces try to shut their circle across the small mining metropolis of Bakhmut, whereas rain and an early spring thaw flip east Ukraine’s battlefields to mud which might hamper each side as they attempt to take the initiative.
The spring thaw, referred to as the rasputitsa, has a protracted historical past of ruining plans by armies to assault throughout the soil of Ukraine and western Russia, turning roads into rivers and fields into impenetrable bogs.
