Oct 23, 2022 – Update on Russian operations against Ukraine for October 23, 2022

– Russian missile and drone strikes continue targeting and crippling Ukraine’s power grid,

– Ukraine is attempting to target a major dam at Nova Kakhkovka to flood the Dnieper River and disrupt Russian supply lines to Kherson city;

– Western analysts admit Ukraine is in a critical situation and risks being completely cut off from its Western sponsors;

– The US is putting pieces in place to set up a buffer zone in Ukraine to prevent Russian forces from taking western Ukraine and perhaps even Odesa to prevent what’s left of Ukraine from becoming landlocked.

Ukrainian Power Outages, the US 101st Airborne, and Russia’s Next Big Move (Odysee) via The New Atlas

FYI, the 101st Airborne has been in Romania since at least July.