I thought that RU's mobilization meant that RU was going to resort to Leningrad WWII style of massive sacrifice of ground forces. But it looks to be worse than that. In Bakhmut, RU has been trying for two weeks now to retake the strategic town from UA. Wagner forces, backed by prisoners and Lohansk conscripts are basically engaging in WWI style trench warfare. RU dumps piles of artillery at UA forces and then tries to mount a frontal assault. UA forces repel the RU assault with RU forces sustaining very heavy casualties.
Like the renewed bombing of western Ukraine, this battle appears to be just for propaganda purposes. RU forces are in no shape to be able to use the capture of Bakhmut to be able to push UA forces back from gains made in the NW in Izyum and Lyman. At best, retaking Bakhmut ties up UA forces and might help slow UA's advance into Luhansk. But it also risks drying up supplies for the RU front and playing into the hands of UA's longstanding strategy of "corrosion" where UA forces take advantage of RU's poor supply chain and poorly trained forces to wear them down and then launch a swift attack to retake larges swathes of territory.
Other interesting developments, RU is increasing becoming reliant on weapons from Iran. Israel previously refused to provide UA with iron dome technology, but now appears to be providing weapons. Medvedev warned that Israeli relations would be destroyed if Israel provided weapons to Ukraine. But Israeli politicians are starting to pressure the government to come down strongly on the side of UA. The concern is that Iran is using the conflict to develop and perfect kamikaze drones that could be used against Israel.
Also, Putin announced that the mobilization will end in a few days. However, there have still been scenes from Moscow streets of draft age men being taken right off the street for military service.
But one of the most significant developments could be Putin possibly pressuring Belarus to join RU forces in a renewed assault on UA from the north. Belarus has been resisting being drawn into the conflict mainly because the mass protests of 2020-21 nearly toppled Lukashenko. Sending troops to Ukraine to fight for Putin would surely restart protests against Lukashenko that could easily turn violent if conscripts abandoned their posts and turned against the government instead of being sent to die in Ukraine.