GarryowenAg said:
Waffledynamics said:
Honest question: is this the sign of a military in revolt? I just don't understand how this is happening. The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the massive amount of casualties along with the POWs.
I'be been wondering this as well. The Russian forces are collapsing as quickly as the Iraqis during ODS
I think the best explanation is a few pages back (Crazy how much has happened in the past few days). It was a twitter link about a Ukrainian officer who devised the plan and had to convince fellow officers who only wanted to focus on Kherson in the South. Basically, the idea was to jab at the Kherson area (I think a lot of us were wondering why things were moving so slow all of August) forcing the Russians to rotate troops to the area.
As Russia began to rotate to Kherson, they left conscript units made up from the "new republics", which had no will or training to fight, defending the Kharkiv front. The Ukes then delivered a knockout blow in the area all the way to the Oskiv River. In doing so, they surrounded (and apparently now captured) Russia's two main supply hubs in Izyum and Kupyanks.
I don't see how Russia stabilizes the situation without declaring war and fully mobilizing their population. I hope Putin doesn't survive the outrage when Russian realize that they have been lied to about the "special military operation. However, I not optimistic in him being removed him from power. And even if they do, there is no guarantee the next guy isn't worse.
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