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My name's Ryan Evans.

I'm the founder of Warren the Rocks.

Michael Kaufman and I grabbed brunch on Sunday.

And after we indulged in some breakfast

casadillas and iced coffee, we recorded this episode. Enjoy.

Let's start with Sumi.

Yeah, I'd say there's a couple of main directions, but Sumi remains one of them.

After Ukrainian forces were forced to withdraw from Kursk, the Russian military kept pushing,

and they've established a thin buffer north of Sumi, maybe around 200 square kilometers.

And they were pushing there pretty hard in May, in June, but it looks like at least for now,

the Russian push north of Sumi has culminated, things there have stabilized a bit,

still remains a priority for them, just looking at the kind of units Russian military has a raid north of Sumi has culminated, things there have stabilized a bit, still remains a priority

for them just looking at the kind of units of Russian military has a raid north of Suming.

Sumi remains an important sector to watch. There's some activity up and around Harciv,

especially kind of north of Kupyansk. You still see Russian forces pushing northeast of Liman in this kind of

forest area. But then a lot of the focus remains the same places where you've seen fighting in 2423,

Danyask. You have Russian military trying to create two big pockets, one around Konstantinovka,

by trying to press between that city and Pukrovsk.

You've seen gains most recently in May and June,

essentially turning both of us into salians.

And particularly the last months,

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