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Will the winter and the frozen ground give advantages to Russia? When is this likely to happen?

I heard that the February invasion was too late and that the thaw was beginning, hampering access.

Given their piss poor logistics and supplies, it seems very unlikely that they will be prepared for a winter invasion. Those men will freeze to death.

According to Shoigu (their minister of Defence) they'll use the conscripted men in order to secure the existing front-line, which is quite long. Couple that with the incoming referendums during which the regions that now Russia controls in Southern and Eastern Ukraine will vote for an annexation to Russia, which makes me doubtful that the Russian Army will try and make a push further North across the Dnieper or even towards Mykolaiv or Odessa. Not sure though what will happen with the part of Donetsk region that they do no presently control, i.e. to cities like Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. As such, I don't think that the ground being frozen or not will have such a big effect going forward.

Of course, I might be wrong on all this and the Russians launching a new offensive on Kiev and Kharkov.

Kyiv and Kharkiv

I think it is more correct to use Ukrainian names for Ukrainian cities over Russian.

Kiev and Kharkov is what we use in Romanian (spelled in a slightly different manner, but pronounced the same), I think I can manage this. Were I to speak or write in Ukrainian (which is a language I don't know, for the time being) I would have used the Ukrainian spelling.

Winter means you need winter outfit and that was a problem in February. No idea if it still is.

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