Western media wrote that in the first 72-96 hours of the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it was necessary to be on the coast of the Sea of Azov, having broken through the front, to begin the assault on Melitopol.
The first couple days of the attack were supposed to define the offensive. Western analysts focused on a lightning-fast offensive in order to achieve success, and now the operation is moving into positional battles, in fact, resembling the situation in Bakhmut where Ukraine got ground down through attrition.
It’s amazing seeing even the most deluded NAFO trolls spinning their heads trying to understand the situation. For us it’s easy. Ukraine has to justify themselves to their western investors. For the average NAFO zombie, to admit such would prove the war is a proxy conflict between NATO and Russia, and Ukraine has no real agency. Thus they invent strange parallel realities where the Ukranian Army is run by idiots that ram their heads into a brick wall.
Of course they have no choice, these losses are just what happens when you’re out numbered, out gunned, and still attempt an offensive. The high command in Kiev knows this. But they certainly aren’t going to tell the NAFO idiots that.
Right, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile their world view with what they actually see happening.
I’m still laughing at the summer beach party in Crimea posters they made last year. It’s beyond imagining that these people are still so invested and ardently believe total surrender of the RF is around the corner.