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The first prisoners of regular troops that were sent as reinforcements to the Kursk region .
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The first prisoners of the regular troops, who were taken by the army to stabilize the situation in the KuPR.
Several hours passed between their arrival and capture
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Damn looks like Russia really did caught on the back foot here.
Funny how things work out when people fight back against a bully.
Part of it was the Ukrainians have been more concerned with defending/taking back their own territory, then they were probably also denied the option to attack inside of Russia itself by their allies supplying them arms. So Russia has probably been getting complacent thinking that the fighting would only ever be contained within Ukraine itself and wasn’t fortifying their border as much as they should’ve. Something changed and the gloves are off now, but it’s likely due to Ukraine being given permission to attack within Russia itself.
Apparrently the kursk region has been heavily fortified since the very beginning of the war. So either are not as effective in building defense, or they sent all the defending troopa to be massacred where ukraine was attacking before (russian controlled territories)
The ones in Zaporozia suggest differently. So more likely it's about sending pretty much all experienced units to the slaughterhouse.
I keep wondering when other countries that border Russia are going to start taking advantage of Russia’s weakness. Granted there’s nukes to take into account, they still have a size-able military, and this may only be temporary, but Russia is looking pretty weak at the moment.
It'd be a shame if some Finlandisation happened to St. Petersburg or as I prefer to call it Pietari. Or Kuril islands and Královec held their referendums... ;]
I don't think Putin anticipated a counter-offensive. Wasn't the initial plan to take Kiev in 2 weeks?
3 days, actually. Perhaps that was just a slight translation error and they actually meant 3 decades?
That was over two years ago. Surely even a mediocre tactician would anticipate something like this happening eventually.
My guess is that Russia simply does not have the means to effectively defend all of its border anymore, and they've been praying that the Ukraine's western benefactors will keep them "on the leash" for as long as possible.
The original plan was for the Ukraine to surrender in two weeks. It has now been how long?
I think the push back from NATO and fear of escalation stopped Ukraine from during it earlier. Putin was threatening the use of nukes since he hasn't done it yet; he looks like he is full of shit.
It was never a serious threat.
Putin using a nuke = Russia is absolutely destroyed and his power is at an end. It's not a question. It's the one line that all the other nuclear powers agree on. Using them has exactly one outcome for Russia and it is not pretty.
Putin only cares about holding onto power and his own self-aggrandizement. Unless he is completely backed into a corner and risks losing his control, he is highly unlikely to ever use a nuclear weapon. It's the same thing with North Korea.
Threatening to use it to scare other people in a power play = Hell yeah, Putin is in 100% on board.