>>511399219
>it already collapsed years ago and russian orderly abandoned those areas in 2022 iirc and now are wasting cannon fodder again trying to get lands they didnt even need pajeet
Ukrainians and Russians may be brothers but their approaches to war and politics couldn't be more different. In Russia you see Putin giving his generals great freedom to retreat from disadvantageous positions even if it comes at great political cost - Kherson, Kharkov outskirts - and in Ukraine you have the rank amateur Zelensky ordering his army that was *withdrawing* from Bakhmut to reverse and hold their ground until the last man, all because Prigozhin goaded him on video and he couldn't resist.
This crippled their 2023 offensive and the idiots even went so far as to divide their forces between Zapo and retaking Bakhmut. And then there was the Krynki idiocy. And the "until the last man" holds of Marinka, Avdeevka, Ugledar etc etc.

>>510389034
>At this point resupply for Pokrovsk must be so costly they might was well just let them keep trying instead of taking it outright.
Bingo! This is Stavka's favourite dance move, the 3-way firebag: for when you want a casualty exchange ratio that makes even Gerasimov smile.