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Russia has decided to withdraw its troops from the right bank of the Dnieper River, including the regional capital of Kherson. The Defense Ministry explained that it wants to avoid unnecessary losses among its forces and spare the lives of civilians.
While admitting that the decision is not an easy one, the commanders see little sense in keeping the troops on the right bank, the chief of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, General Army General Sergey Surovikin, told Defense Minister Sergey Schoigu on Wednesday. The general pointed to continued Ukrainian attacks on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam on the Dnieper River, arguing that it could leave the Russian troops in Kherson cut off from the rest of the force with no way to escape.
A pullout would help save lives of the Russian soldiers and keep the combat effectiveness of the force grouping in the area, Surovikin said.
This is a very difficult decision. Yet, we would be able to preserve the most important thing: lives of our soldiers.
“Start the pullback of forces,” Shoigu told Surovikin in a video released by media outlets. The minister ordered the general to organize secure relocation for both soldiers and civilians.
Over the past weeks, the local authorities have launched an effort to bring as many civilians as possible to the left bank of Dnieper, citing a threat posed by Ukrainian forces located on the opposite side. Over 150,000 people had been moved out of the city as of today, according to Sorovikin.
Russia incorporated Kherson Region last month, after residents voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and seek accession to Russia. Kiev rejected the vote as a “sham” and pledged to use military force to recapture all territories it considers to be under its sovereignty.
There’s a pretty stark difference between the way Russia and Ukraine conduct this war. Russia always prioritizes preserving the troops and equipment while focusing on strategic gains. On the other hand, Ukraine strategy is driven largely by delivering media victories for their western sponsors.
As a result, Ukraine is suffering horrific losses of men and equipment without having the ability to replenish either effectively. Ukraine has no domestic military industrial capacity at this point, and relies solely on the dwindling supplies from the west. Meanwhile, much of the able bodied population has already been either drafted or fled the country by now. Russia is also in the process of dismantling the power grid in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Nazi militiase are fighting a desperate extermination campaign utilizing human shields and humiliation tactics. Since they’re running low on shields and personnel, they’re starting to fall back on terrorism, meanwhile the Russians are actually doing what they can to avoid mass civillian casualties. As much as the atrocity propaganda portrays the Ruskies as butchers, I don’t think most people understand that they could easily flatten Kyiv within a day if they wanted too.
Keep in mind that we’re not supposed to see any of this. That’s why combat footage is so sparse except for clips of drones or artilery hitting a single guy or a small group (Reddit wholesome 100 overkill). The camera’s stay on Zelensky to distract from the truth that Ukraine’s army has fallen apart. Personally, I wouldn’t be shocked if NATO forces were already on the ground doing the fighting at this point.
Yeah, the fact that it took Russia whole seven months to start going after infrastructure shows that they have been fighting with one hand tied behind their back here.
We already have confirmation that US troops are in Ukraine, and it would be shocking if they didn’t participate in combat action. Specifically, all the NATO equipment that gets sent to Ukraine needs trained personnel to operate. There is no way to train up Ukrainians on it because it takes many months if not years to do so.
We say Kiev here! Like god intended
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I knew by day 3 that we were witnessing extreme media manipulation. Even in Iraq and Afghanistan you saw evidence of huge firefights, but in Ukraine it’s just small groups of guys being hit with artilery.
Exactly, it’s like the eastern theater of the American Civil War. The north ultimately beat the south because their more advanced economic system and greater population could bring much more force to bear. Surovikin, in a sense, is doing a March to Sea on Ukraine with his strikes on the power grid.
The difference, of course, is that Russia actually has competent generals (unlike Lincoln, who had to wade through a bunch of buffoons), and that Ukraine, unlike the Confederacy, is much more of a clown show militarily --albeit a clown show with international support.
Clown show with international western support. Majority of the world is either neutral or pro Russia (based). Furthermore, clown country 404 is literally led by a clown, in more respects than one.
Good analogy, another interesting comparison is with Vietnam. This video does a good job contrasting what US is doing in Ukraine with what they were doing in South Vietnam.