Weekend Update #112: Ukraine Strikes a Senior Russian Officer (Again).

Also: Pokrovsk and Kurakhove; Kursk and North Koreans

Hello All,

The big story this week in terms of press coverage was the Ukrainian-claimed strike against a senior Russian officer in Moscow. The strange thing was that this got a huge amount of attention and people seemed to think it marked a major turning point—when actually these kinds of attacks have been absolutely typical throughout the war.