It's a "talking point" (for lack of a more descriptive term) that punches thru the war's workaday background noise to establish without doubt - for Russian audiences too - that all is not going swimmingly in the current military stance of glorious Mother Russia, and that Ukraine is not about to roll over and play dead.

I’m struggling to understand what the plan is. Unless it’s just grab the nuclear power plant and force a trade. But would Russia agree to such a trade?

Maybe it’s just a panic button to force them to spend more manpower on defenses.

There is no category for "fair" or "nice" or "just" in how many Russians see Russia.

It is mostly about "strong" vs "weak".

Not sure what the tactical implications are, but I read this and though "hell yeah". Chris Cappy on Youtube does a fairly good analysis usually, and what I like about him is he goes back and corrects his mistakes.

Why does ukraine let Russia’s gas flow through the country (and fund the war)? Wouldn’t it make sense to cut the line?

Every time I read comments on the internet about the Ukraine conflict I am reminded both how little anyone actually knows about what’s going on over there, and how much propaganda is thoughtlessly regurgitated by the average Extremely Online Geopolitics Aficionado™.