Ryuu96 said:
TallSilhouette said:
Don't remember if this was posted already, but Ukrainian forces are reportedly surrounding 10,000 Russian troops.
"As the Ukrainians close in on the Russians from the west while maintaining a strong defensive line to the east, they’re creating a pocket, surrounding the very Russian vanguard that, just a couple weeks earlier, had threatened to surround Kyiv.
This pocket, reportedly containing around 10,000 Russian troops from the 35th and 36th CAAs, is extremely vulnerable. As the Russians run out of food and ammunition, they may begin surrendering en masse—or risk annihilation...
...More broadly, the Ukrainian operation around Kyiv underscores the conclusion many observers of the war reached after just two weeks. Russia is no longer winning. And it might actually be losing." |
When or if that is dealt with one way or another, Russia will add +2 losses to their total. But damn it really seems like the Northern front is collapsing. Thinking back a few weeks ago I thought Kyiv would fall but now? I doubt it. |
This is why I was saying Ukraine needed to counterattack. The war will end much faster with useful counterattacks. IIRC, the US pulled out of Vietnam after a massive offensive was responded in kind.
First annihilate the Kyiv convoy, then retake Kherson. Next they can hit Donbas or Crimea. Before the end of that... Russia will give up, but if not start moving towards Moscow.
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