Putin diehards were celebrating Russia's faint in Pokrovsk. They don't realize what a fucking trap that was. The next thing that happens after that, Ukraine calls in the Azov Corps and all Hell breaks loose.
>On the Orak-Robotyne axis, Russian paratroopers were forced to abandon their entrenched lines
>Ukraine not only breached a trench, they pierced the heart of Russia's fortified southern front
>With two key villages west of the Tokmak road falling under Kyiv's control (namely, Kolodiazi and Vorone), Ukraine has broken through the eastern salient in Zaporizhzhia
>That breach wasn't just symbolic - it set the stage for a larger trap, one where Russian units are being squeezed on both flanks
>Satellite imagery confirms elite airborne forces are now retreating
>Entire artillery banks on the left bank of the Dnipro have vanished - pulled back not as a strategy, but in panic
>When they retreated, Ukrainian HIMARS locked in, pushing hard on the Kakhovka-Melitopol supply corridor
>That pressure forced Russian logistics onto a single thin lifeline - the A147 highway
>The result? A massive traffic jam that throttled Russia's logistics flow to a third of its capacity
>Kyiv was waiting for this - the moment the withdrawal began, the 46th Air Assault Brigade redeployed to the Kopani-Verbove sector, hammering the crumbling Russian withdrawal effort
>As Russia's southern flank faltered, traffic surged toward Crimea, but the pontoon bridges at Chonhar and Henichesk were nowhere near ready to handle the surge
>While this was going on, panic shifted to the already vulnerable Kerch bridge - that's when the hammer fell
>Ukrainian special forces struck Sevastopol using drones, effectively locking the Black Sea fleet inside its own port
>Families of Russian officers began evacuating within 48 hours
>A report from the Kyiv Independent detailed a chilling scene: convoys of Russian military families stuck in traffic, their escape routes jammed by the same chaos that swallowed their army

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>Even Air Force personnel from the 38th Warplane Regiment abandoned their families
>Russian command didn't just lose the frontline, they lost control of their own rear, supply lines are splintering, rotation of fresh troops was suspended, the Crimean garrison, once 40,000-strong, is being starved of ammunition
>A US-based R&D thinktank compared it to the 1944 Baltic Siege, except with one major difference: this time, the sea is no safe escape
>Crimea is no longer a fortress - it's a trap
>If the land corridor is severed, Crimea could run out of ammo in just 60 days
>Now property values in Crimea is up 20% in a single month, and price stabilization efforts failed
>Now Russian fuel shortages thanks to economic presssure and Ukrainian drone strikes are paralyzing air operations, and now Russian oil companies are no longer relying on pipelines; instead opting for tankers, except tankers is down 40% now, creating static defense on the frontlines – a feast for Ukie artillery
>Insurance costs for ships to Crimea is up 60% and gas prices at home? Forget about it!
This is the best you commies got? You're fucked now. Only dofference is, one misstep is what killed you.

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