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Strategic summary of the Kherson pocket….
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"We provoked the Russian troops into mass redeployment. Now the largest grouping of about 25 thousand men is concentrated on the right bank and we have closed it."
On Kherson
"We provoked the Russian troops into mass redeployment. Now the largest grouping of about 25 thousand men is concentrated on the right bank and we have closed it."
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There is a possibility the ferry by the bridge is no more
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Russia tried to take out Ukrainian bridge and missed….. just
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What is the standard military doctrine in this situation (if it is realised ) ? Advance so the Russians carry on fighting and kill as many as possible (Falaise pocket ), or attempt to capture as many as possible ?
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There could be Option 3 … let them wither on the vine, running out of amminition and rations until they surrender. I suspect the RU morale is already sufficiently depleted that minor attacks (air, artillery or infantry) will ramp up the pressure without UA having to expend too much blood and treasure.
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There could be Option 3 … let them wither on the vine, running out of amminition and rations until they surrender. I suspect the RU morale is already sufficiently depleted that minor attacks (air, artillery or infantry) will ramp up the pressure without UA having to expend too much blood and treasure.
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Percival in Singapore with 85,000 men was allegedly ordered by Churchill to fight to the last man.
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Having just checked distances, I don't know what weapons they could use to hit and destroy that bridge.
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There could be Option 3 … let them wither on the vine, running out of amminition and rations until they surrender. I suspect the RU morale is already sufficiently depleted that minor attacks (air, artillery or infantry) will ramp up the pressure without UA having to expend too much blood and treasure.
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Russian sources today: "There is no Ukrainian offensive... VDV armed with BFGs are defending against hordes of Ukrainians... Ukrainians have lost 549 tanks and 40,000 hohols in one village... We are Russians, we will definitely win!"
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Donetsk press- ganged troops breaking and running in Kherson against the Ukrainian advance - unsurprisingly…
Mobilised forces of DPR and LPR were fleeing the battlefield in Kherson (Davydov Brod) earlier today, as per Russian source Roman Sapon'kov:
"Mobilised men, I can't blame them. We plugged holes with professional paratroopers".
Mobilised forces of DPR and LPR were fleeing the battlefield in Kherson (Davydov Brod) earlier today, as per Russian source Roman Sapon'kov:
"Mobilised men, I can't blame them. We plugged holes with professional paratroopers".
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Kherson counterattack - What's happening? Continuous updates with latest information 1/🧵
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Reports of missile attacks on Belgorod inside Russia…
Reports of people queueing to a train to Moscow in Belgorod (around midnight local time).
Reports of people queueing to a train to Moscow in Belgorod (around midnight local time).
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They’re going all out….
Reports of direct hit on a yacht club in Crimea full of Russian Army officers.
Reports of direct hit on a yacht club in Crimea full of Russian Army officers.
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UKR asking Kherson primary sources (locals in villages etc) not to report the advance/arrival of UKR troops for Opsec reasons….
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I was talking to an acquaintance from Kherson, he wrote in a private message that the Russian soldiers are surrendering en masse, the rest are fleeing from Kherson and the region, everyone wants to live, the mood is decadent, nobody wants to die for Putin. #Kherson #херсон #украйна #война #россия #москва #питер
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I talked with a friend from Kherson, wrote in a personal message that the Russian military are surrendering en masse, the rest are fleeing from Kherson and the region, everyone wants to live, the mood is decadent, no one wants to die for Putin. #Kherson#херсон#украина#война#россия#москва#питер
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