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Vuhledar Falls to Russian Forces After Months of Fighting (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And afaik Muradov was a bad commander, the new one in that section of the front is extremely competent since it literally fell in a matter of weeks as soon as the battle restarted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The change in command might've played a role here as well, but I suspect Ukraine pulling their best troops and equipment to do a PR stunt in Kursk was the bigger factor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I suspect that the Ukra-Nazis are used to having problems pulling out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The fact that they're still there while every front is collapsing and they're losing their best is beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Their main advantage was and is propaganda victory pieces for internal and western consumption, as long as that can be maintained it is the priority.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They don't really have a choice, they made a big spectacle out of it and now it's impossible to withdraw politically. Also, would be another signal to their sponsors that the gig is up.