Eliminatus said:
TheCougarHunter said:
W said:
it's a good point...that while the Russian army is having major logistical issues...
will that make them retreat from the battlefield?
Not a chance
A full on tactical retreat? Yeah, not likely I agree. An "operational pause" to shore up what they can? Pretty sure that is what is happening as we speak. At least from the Russian POV.
Russian soldiers aren't the only MIAs in the war, the entire Russian officer corpsis shockingly absent. To the extent tha they are exercising command and control over forces I concur that they will not order a retreat. That won't make any difference as time goes on because panic is spreading among Russian forces in the field as they face continued stiff resistance while Russian supply lines are spotty to utterly broken.
Russian soldiers are being captured and deserting in numbers that have very few precedents and none that I can think of among armies that were eventually victorious.
Every Russian fuel truck that is destroyed, abandoned, or captured takes another motorized or mechanized company ot of the fight. The Ukrainians are doing a very good job attacking this soft underbelly.
Commands to advance or withdraw mean nothing in the face of empty fuel tanks and deserting forces. The officer corps has continued to pour the Russian army into a funnel that is destroying it day by day.
Who is (or who dares) delivering the truth to Putin? Are the General Staff merely putting off the inevitable for fear of the wrath of the tyrant? This can't go on forever. Perhaps not even a few more days before there is no one answering on the other end of the radio handset.
