they weren't magically conjured up in the centre of kurakhove. they broke across the river separating the east of the town from the centre days ago. his trouble is lending too much credence to ukrainian mappers which are known to drag their heels around russian advances. so to him, who actually bothers to try to follow the situation on the ground and not just media peremoga, it appears that the russians make sudden and advanced breakthroughs instead of steady, hard fought for, advances over a number of days.
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