Is It Due to the Geography of the Battlefield Changing in Crane Holds the Right Territory?

The loss of rail lines and equipment means that the russian military is not set up to defend northern lohansk. At this stage, they're not going to be able to defend it. The western military district was largely destroyed as a functional force in the first two months of the war. It then had to reconstitute itself ad the worst performance thoout the war. But i expect the russians will retreat from most of the hykovoblis.