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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)


The fate of Soledar in Ukraine's Donbas region was hanging in the balance Friday, with Russia claiming that its forces had seized the salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine and Ukraine saying the fighting continues.
A Russian foreign ministry official said Belarus may enter the conflict in Ukraine on the side of Russia.
Russia used Belarus as a springboard to invade Ukraine in February 2022, but the border area is now heavily flooded making an imminent attack from there unlikely.


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Why doesn't Ukraine simply HIMARS the rail yards in Donbas? Russia is heavily dependent on rail for transporting vehicles and munitions to the front lines... >

Rail yards are too easy to fix. >

Okay, what about the trains that are parked in the rail yards?