And I'm not going to talk about the Ukrainian flag raises to deny claims of Russian advances in the Dobropillya direction, because they - just like the Russian flag raises - are irrelevant.

Flag raising from both sides means literally nothing, and do not prove control over anything. In reality, the frontline in this sector (and many others) is a massive grey and infiltration zone, filled with mixed and overlapping positions held by small groups of soldiers from both sides. Anyone can send out a small group of infiltrators to a location behind the other's "lines" and raise a flag in front of a drone.

Russia doesn't control Dobropillya, but neither does Ukraine. I still believe that Ukraine likely has more soldiers in the city than Russia at this moment, but it would be incorrect to label the city as "Ukrainian controlled" due to this expanding grey-zone and infiltration zone.