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Originally Posted by FlameOn
How bad were the Ukrainian army positions? They seem to have done reasonably well and the US seems to have been informing them the whole month prior.
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They were placed very forward, close to the break away republics, meaning that the Russians can try to cut them off before they can retreat to the more defensible western side of the Dneiper. And even if they can retreat in time, they are highly vulnerable to air and artillery and will likely lose all of their heavy equipment.