Everybody's getting all crazy and excited that "uKRAINE'S WINNING!!!!!".
Being honest? I think some of the Russian BTG's (Battalion Tactical Groups) that are being used right now are "B Teamers" and not the hardened professional dudes that we know are out there. The guys that have been sent in have been sucking, according to the western media (which I don't believe anyways). Running out of fuel and ammunition is a third world country "junior varsity" sustainment issue that Russians know better. The "playbook" just doesn't add up... Ukrainians still have internet, which they're using to win the information campaign and draw the west and the rest of the world to their side. Russia would have shut down their internet and would have shut the lights off in cities such as Kharkiv and Kyiv.
Look for a huge swarm of troops to pour into Kharkiv this week, which may force Ukraine to pull troops from the Mariupol AO up to reinforce Kharkiv, which abandons the narrow strip of land that exists between the Donbas and Crimea land bridge, allowing Russia to connect the Donbas territory with the Crimean peninsula.
T72 are deployed. No sign of t14.
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