This week, just about the only Russian sources that weren’t warning about an impending disaster were official Kremlin spokesmen and the secret police/defense side of the national government. Everywhere else that you look – milbloggers, local officials, captured soldiers, dissidents, the Russian internet – was pretty much unanimous that not only is the war going badly, but things are getting worse. And for good reason. This week was another week somewhere between a total stalemate and possibly even the Ukrainians retaking ground faster than the Russians can capture it. It’s obvious the Russians can’t advance, and that means their entire war strategy has failed. There was example aplenty of that this week.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Also, and this was the single most notable incident from an international news POV in weeks, the Ukrainians launched around 1,000 drones at Russia in a single night, and around 300 of them reached airspace over Moscow, and yes, mayhem and consternation ensued. Even more, Ukraine’s drone forces are picking up the pace, the strikes are accelerating in depth, sophistication, and persistence. On Friday, just one example, the oil refinery in Yaroslavl was hit for.the.fifteenth.time.in.the.war. This is a new record. Start with the fighting line. The front in general Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky on Tuesday graced the public with the upbeat announcement that, for the first time in the war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is conducting more offensive and counterattack actions than the Russians.