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>nyoooo you can't capture sumy, that'd require 6 gorilion men to succeed
Putting 300k pop town under artillery blocade and giving it volchansk treatment is more than enough.
Hohols
>lose economically viable part of the country
>lose draftable manpower
>have to deal with refugees
>have to focus on defending their region instead of doing another bumrash into russia
There are absolutely no downsides in turning every single hohol city near the border into ruins.