Are the Russian advances stalled or is that wishful reporting?

Russians now tie their southern/eastern waves and are attacking the city of Izlum

Not trying to be the bearer of bad news or trying to be "rootin for Putin" but while there has been not much progress made up north around Kyiv (where most of the attention is focused) the Russian troops are having far more success in the southeastern portions of the country. 

The fighting pretty much anywhere but around Kyiv has been largely ignored by the media. The buzz as of this morning was that all Russian advances had pretty much stalled. But if you are looking at the various maps day to day, you will see that there is movement in other areas of the country. Not a swift move by any stretch of the imagination, but movement nonetheless. 

For the first time, there is a map showing no more gap between the eastern and southern waves. While the line looks like it might no more than a highway, that strategically ties their two waves together which conceivably allows them better supply lines and such. From what everyone has stated, the Ukrainian forces down south have been much more prone to retreat north and west and consolidate elsewhere, rather than to stay and defend some of these smaller southern cities. 

Meanwhile, they are upping the attacks on the port city of Odessa. If this were to fall into Russian hands, then Ukraine would be pretty much shut off from the Black Sea completely. Heavy artillery has been reported to be hitting Odessa pretty heavy and has been going on for some time. From there it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see that red area from that map just sort of filling in the gaps and moving inwards from the East and upwards from the North. 

Ultimately I think as long as Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, the propaganda battle is on the side of the Ukrainians. But winning a propaganda battle doesn't actually mean you are winning the war.